Tutazá borders the municipalities Belén, Paz de Río, Sativasur and Sativanorte of the department of Boyacá and Onzaga and Coromoro of the department of Santander.

[1] Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Tutazá was ruled by a cacique called Tutazúa.

In the Chibcha language of the Muisca Tutaz(u)á means "Son of the Sun".

[2] Although the village was already visited by missionaries from the 17th century, the official foundation was on October 6, 1849.

[1] Main economical activity of the small village are agriculture (potatoes, maize, beans, peas, barley and wheat) and livestock farming.