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Gachancipá
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gachancipá |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Parque principal Gachancipá.jpg |
| image_caption | Central square |
| image_flag | Flag of Gachancipá.svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Gachancipá.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachancipá.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Central Savanna Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | José Joaquín Cubides Ariza |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1 January 1612 |
| area_total_km2 | 43.06 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.03 |
| population_as_of | 2018 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 17026 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 11252 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2568 |
| website | Official website |
(2016-2019) Gachancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 42 km from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Suesca and Nemocón in the north, Tocancipá in the south, Sesquilé and Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.
Etymology
The name Gachancipá comes from Chibcha and means "Pottery of the zipa".
History
The area of Gachancipá before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Gachancipá, as the name suggests, was ruled by the zipa based in Bacatá.
Modern Gachancipá was founded on January 1, 1612 but the founders are unknown.
In the late 18th century Muisca scholar José Domingo Duquesne was based in Gachancipá. A school in the town is named after him.
Economy
The economy of Gachancipá traditionally was centered around agriculture and livestock farming. In recent years flowers are cultivated in the municipality.
Gallery
File:Iglesia San Bartoleme Apostol.jpg|Church of Gachancipá File:IglesiadeGanchancipá.jpg|Church File:La Gacha.JPG|Monument to the indigenous people
References
References
- [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25295/ Citypopulation.de]
- {{in lang. es [http://www.gachancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Gachancipá] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-03-10)
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