sentences:  The name Santa Sofía was given to the town honouring Sofía Ángulo de Reyes, spouse of the then president of Colombia Rafael Reyes.The area of Santa Sofía before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, who used the area to cross the lands towards the northern parts of their Muisca Confederation.It was in nearby Sorocotá that De Quesada and his men first discovered the potato in 1537 together with maize and beans alongside many aspects of local culture and customs as described in the "History of the conquest of the New kingdom of Granada" by Juan de Castellanos.