sentences:  The altitudes of the municipality range from to and it borders Iza in the north, Sogamoso in the east, Aquitania in the west and Tota in the south.The name Cuítiva is derived from Muysccubun and means "Similarity to the chief".The area of Cuítiva before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their loose Muisca Confederation.