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Tópaga is a village in the Boyacá department of Colombia.

Understand

The economy of this small village revolves around coal mining. An important battle during Colombia's independence wars took place in 1819, when Spanish (Royalist) forces, temporarily headquartered in the Tópaga mills, battled against independentist forces led by Simon Bolivar arriving from the North.

Get in

Buses depart from the Sogamoso bus terminal every half an hour (17 km, 4000 COP)

Get around

Tópaga is a small village and easily covered on foot.

See

• The Church of Tópaga (1642) is a National Monument since 1965
• Tópaga Mills

Do

The main square transforms into a market every Saturday morning.

Buy

Local artisans sell coal carvings.

Go next

All buses to Tópaga continue onwards to Mongua from where you can access the Oceta Paramo