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Carmen de Carupa

FieldValue
official_nameCarmen de Carupa
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_flagFlag of Carmen de Carupa (Cundinamarca).svg
image_sealEscudo de Carmen de Carupa.svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Carmen de Carupa.svg
pushpin_mapColombia
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Colombia
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Departamento
subdivision_name1Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Ubaté Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameAlejandro Ortiz Puentes
(2016-2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date20 July 1808
founderJosé Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura
area_total_km2228
area_urban_km20.45
elevation_m2600
population_total9109
population_as_of2015
population_density_km2auto
population_urban2374
population_note
timezoneCOT
utc_offset-5
timezone_DSTCOT
utc_offset_DST-5
websiteOfficial website

(2016-2019)

Carmen de Carupa is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality, located in the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense borders San Cayetano in the west, Tausa and Sutatausa in the south, Ubaté and Susa in the east and Simijaca and Buenavista and Coper (Boyacá) in the north.

History

The area around Carmen de Carupa was before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors inhabited by the Muisca. The cacique of Ubaté ruled over the territories of Carmen de Carupa. The western and northern neighbouring indigenous group of Carmen de Carupa was the Muzo.

Modern Carmen de Carupa was founded on July 20, 1808 by José Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura.

Economy

Main economical activity in Carmen de Carupa is agriculture, predominantly potatoes.

References

References

  1. (2005). "Population of Carmen de Carupa".
  2. {{in lang. es [http://www.carmendecarupa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Carmen de Carupa]{{Dead link. (June 2019)
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