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Formerly, what is today Mutiscua was a territory divided between Pamplona and Silos.

The region that is described was commonly named ´´Tapagua´´ and partially designated with other denominations that still survive and that are carried by fractions of the current municipality.

On December 25, 1841, Patricio Villamizar, in the presence of the surrounding mountain ranges and surrounded by hundreds of sons of the mountain, proclaimed the founding of the town and demarcated the quadrilateral that was to be a public square.

The first mutiscuan priest, Casimiro Villamizar, was elected on July 18, 1842 and remained until his death, on February 4, 1883, at the age of 75.

Mutiscua was formed by hiring two words: Mutis and Tescua, to remind posterity that on April 1, 1841, Colonel Manuel Mutis Gama, a hero who had distinguished himself in the battle of Tarquí, died in the battle of Tascua.

Initially, the parish was placed under the patronage of San José, the parish names appear as ´´ San José de Mutiscua ´´. The patron saint of the Virgen de las Mercedes.





Full Name: Mutiscua

Foundation: December 25, 1841.

Founder: Patricia Villamizar.

Population: DANE 2005 Census: 3,907 inhabitants

Altitude: 2,600 meters above sea level.

Extension: 159 Km2

Climate: 14 degrees C.



Distance to Cúcuta: 102 Km

Geographic coordinates: Longitude west of Greenwich 72º 45´, North latitude 7º 18´

Limits: North: Pamplona,

South: Silos,

East: Cácota and Pamplona,

West: Santander Department.



Administrative Division: Composed of 13 villages and a district.

Rivers: La Plata and the creeks Las Adjuntas, Caldera, Valegrá, Romerita, La Laguna.

Region: Southwest.

Economy:

Agriculture: potatoes, vegetables, beans, corn and curuba.

Livestock: cattle, horses, sheep and poultry.

Marble farms





Holidays:

September 24: Employers

Christmas bonus.

Easter



Tourist sites:

Founder's Bust

Fish Station in the Peasant Youth Home

La Caldera Agricultural Farm

Parish church

Plaques commemorating the Liberator and General Santander

Ravicha Lagoon

La Pradita path

Salado Lagoon

Paramo of San Isidro

Jewish nose

Vereda Torrecillos

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