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Gama, Cundinamarca

FieldValue
nameGama
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineRepresa del Guavio 1.jpg
image_captionGama borders the Guavio Reservoir
image_flagFlag of Gama (Cundinamarca).svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Gama.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Gama in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
pushpin_mapColombia
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Colombia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Department
subdivision_name1Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Guavio Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameErnesto Avelino Ruiz
established_titleFounded
established_date8 May 1903
founderJuan Martín Romero
area_total_km2108
area_urban_km215
population_as_of2015
population_total3996
population_density_km2auto
population_urban841
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2180
website

Gama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gama is situated at an altitude of 2180 m in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Gama, at 118 km from the capital Bogotá, borders Gachetá in the north, Junín and Gachalá in the south, Ubalá in the east and Junín in the west.

Etymology

Gama is derived either from Muysccubun meaning "our back", or from the language of the local Chío tribe; "behind the licked hill", referring to the lake of Guatavita behind the mountains to the northwest.

History

Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Gama was inhabited by a tribe called the Chío. The first registration of the village was made in 1846, when the church in Ubalá was constructed. Gama was properly founded not earlier than 1903, by Juan Martín Romero.

Economy

Main economical activity in Gama is agriculture, with predominantly potatoes, beans, peas and maize cultivated. Other products include yuca, bananas, pineapples and coffee.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20150516193728/http://www.gama-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Gama]
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