Úmbita

Úmbita is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá.

Úmbita is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 70 kilometres (43 mi) from department capital Tunja and borders Nuevo Colón and Tibaná in the north, Chinavita in the east, La Capilla and Tibiritá (Cundinamarca) in the south and in the west Villapinzón (Cundinamarca) and Turmequé.

[1] Úmbita is a very rural municipality with 90% of the inhabitants living outside of the urban center and their economy is focused on agriculture.

Other agricultural products are maize, peas, beans, arracacha, yuca, sugar cane, avocadoes, bananas and coffee.

Also medicinal plants such as mint, chamomile, plantain leaves and nettle are cultivated.