Ramiriquàis a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Ramiriquàborders the department capital Tunja in the north, in the south Chinavita and Zetaquirá, in the east Rondón and Ciénaga and in the west Chivatá, Tibaná and Jenesano.
RamiriquÃÂ was named after the last cacique; Ramirique. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca RamirraquÃÂ means "white earth". An alternative etymology is Ca-mi-quiquÃÂ which means "our strength over the grasslands".
The area of Ramiriquàwas inhabited by the Muisca before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the 1530s. The northern Muisca Confederation was ruled from nearby Hunza, present-day Tunja, after the mythological and brutal cacique Goranchacha moved the capital there from RamiriquÃÂ. The first ruler of Hunza was Hunzahúa after whom the city was named.
Second-last ruler Quemuenchatocha died in RamiriquÃÂ, after he was beaten by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
The modern town was founded on December 21, 1541 by Spanish friar Pedro Durán.
Within the boundaries of RamiriquÃÂ petroglyphs have been found.
Main economical activities in RamiriquÃÂ are agriculture (uchuva, tree tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, blackberries and maize), fishing and crafts.