Cocuy the first inhabitants of the country were from the north, were agroalfareros type.
Its main settlement was in the village "Lach", which resulted in a social and political life more organized minority groups like the U'wa.
Currently we can find 5383 people on this site so representative of our department like the Cocuy.
POPULATION
TEMPERATURE
Cocuy is located northeast of the department of Boyaca at 2,750 msnm its limits are:
- The north with the municipalities and Guicán Panqueba.
- The east with the municipality of Tame in Arauca department.
- South with the municipalities of Chita and La Salina.
- West with the municipalities of San Mateo and the Uvita.
This site has the temperature of 14 ° C, and its climate ranges from temperate and cold desert.
ECONOMY
The economy is based on farming, which is engaged in the production of potatoes, corn, wheat, barley and beans mainly in agriculture and livestock. It highlights the dairy industry as one of the major lines of the economy of this region.
The potato is grown mainly in the villages of Canaveral, Palchacual, Spring, and Mortiño Carrizal, 95% of the area devoted to this crop is above 3,000 msnm and on slopes greater than 20%. No guilds or associations organized in this sector The number of weekly traded potato, is between 500 and 700 loads.
Livestock is the economic sector which occupies the largest area of land represented approximately 12,000 hectares of natural pasture crops and improved. Recently, thanks to a program of genetic improvement, the race has been an important development, being ranked as one of the best in Colombia.
EDUCATION
The following are the institutions that are in Cocuy:
- Home Snowy children Cai
- Mixed urban and rural schools
- Colegio José Santos Gutierrez
- College CELCO
It's good. Two schools have double shifts, and I think the boys are very comprimetidos and most are interested to get ahead and be good people.