{{Infobox settlement |name = Tausa |native_name = |nickname = |motto = |settlement_type = Municipality and town |image_skyline = Iglesia de Tausa.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Church of Tausa |image_flag = Flag of Tausa (Cundinamarca).svg |image_seal = Escudo de Tausa.svg |image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tausa.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia |pushpin_map = Colombia |pushpin_mapsize = 250 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} |subdivision_type1 = Department |subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Ubaté Province |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Jaime Alexander Rodríguez Ballen<br><small>(2016-2019)</small> |established_title = Founded |established_date = 2 August 1600 |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 204 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 2 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2015 |population_note = |population_total = 8801 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = 1058 |coordinates = {{coord|5|11|47|N|73|53|15|W|display=inline,title}} |timezone = Colombia Standard Time |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |elevation_m = 2931 |elevation_ft = |website = [http://www.tausa-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website] |footnotes = }} '''Tausa''' ({{IPA|es|ˈtawsa}}) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tausa is and was an important town on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense due to its salt mine. It was the third most prolific salt deposit for the original inhabitants of the area; the Muisca. Tausa's urban centre is located at an elevation of {{convert|2950|m|ft}} (other parts of the municipality reach elevations of {{convert|3700|m|ft}}) and a distance of {{convert|65|km|mi}} from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders San Cayetano, Carmen de Carupa and Sutatausa in the north, Pacho in the west, Sutatausa, Cucunubá and Suesca in the east and in the south with Nemocón and Cogua.<ref name=websiteTausa>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.tausa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tausa]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== Etymology == The name Tausa comes from Chibcha and means "tribute".<ref name=Espejo_p1124>Espejo Olaya, 1999, p.1124</ref>
== History == Tausa was inhabited since the Herrera Period. The town was an important mining location of halite for the Muisca. The ''zipa'' of Bacatá ruled over Tausa. The mining activities can be seen in the seal of the village; the pick and spade.
Modern Tausa was founded on August 2, 1600.<ref name=websiteTausa/>
== Economy == Main sources of income of Tausa are agriculture, livestock farming and salt mining.<ref name=websiteTausa/>
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== See also == {{portal|Colombia}} * Muisca economy#Mining * Nemocón * Zipaquirá
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== Bibliography == * {{cite book |author=Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda |year=1999 |url=http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/thesaurus/pdf/54/TH_54_003_424_0.pdf |title=Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas |trans-title=Notes about toponomy of some Colombian ballads - Thesaurus |volume=Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. |pages=1102–1157 |language=es}}
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