Susacón borders to the north Soatá, in the east Boavita, La Uvita and Jericó, in the south Sativanorte and in the west the Santander municipality of Onzaga.

[1] When the Spanish conquistadors led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada entered the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, they found there the Muisca Confederation, the former country, home of the Muisca.

The cacique of Susacón took part in the bloody Battle of Bonza against the Spanish troops of De Quesada.

[1] Although the Spanish missionaries already arrived in 1556, the village was officially founded on December 18, 1809.

[2] Main economical activities of Susacón are agriculture (potatoes, maize, barley, sugar cane, wheat and bananas), livestock farming, fishing and crafts.