The town was founded on January 10, 1810 with the
name of Guatoque (broken
mount), a name that led up to 1906 , when the prime minister of Boyacá renamed
the town by St. Sophia in honor of his wife Sophia Angulo.The
change originated with the excuse of permanent confusion between Guateque and
Guatoca.The point of the town is the High Mazamorral, where it
is an obelisk in honor of the battle fought there during the War of the Thousand
Days
