Floresta is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

In those days Floresta, together with Santa Rosa de Viterbo, was called Tobasía which is still the name of a corregimiento of the village.

Tobasía was ruled by a cacique loyal to the ruler of Tundama, present-day Duitama.

[1] Main economical activity of Floresta is agriculture, predominantly potatoes, maize and barley.

The municipality grows grapes, races Riesling and Pinot Noir for wine production, uncommon in tropical Colombia.