sentences:  It borders Gámbita, Santander in the east and south, San José de Pare, Santana and Togüí in the west and Suaita, Santander in the north.The name Chitaraque comes from Chibcha and means "Our vigorous farmfields from before".In the times before the Spanish conquest, Chitaraque was inhabited by the Poasaque tribe, belonging to the Muisca.