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History of Soraca


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Before the Spanish arrived , the area was inhabited by indigenous soracaes, family of Muisca , who were part of the chieftainship of Hunza, dominated by zaque of Hunzahúa and termed CORACA or Mansion Regia. The region was occupied in 1537 by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada , who was the founder of Bogotá . Soracá parish was elevated as the October 7, 1776. Until 1954 it was considered municipality, when it was converted into village of Tunja, a fact which was
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