Sotaquirá is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with the small urban center at an altitude of 2,860 metres (9,380 ft) at 39 kilometres (24 mi) from Tunja.

The municipality borders Tuta in the east, Paipa in the north, Gámbita, Santander in the west and Cómbita in the south.

Sotaquirá was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, present-day department capital Tunja.

Modern Sotaquirá was founded on December 20, 1582 by friar Arturo Cabeza de Vaca.

[2] Main economical activities of Sotaquirá are agriculture (barley, beans, potatoes, maize, peas and fruits as peaches, pear, prunes, apples, blackberries, strawberries, curuba, tree tomatoes and feijoa), livestock and dairy farming.