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Guachetá

Guachetá
FieldValue
nameGuachetá
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineParque Principal Guachetá.jpg
image_captionCentral square Guachetá
image_flagFlag of Guachetá (Cundinamarca).svg
image_sealescudo guacheta.jpg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Guachetá.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town inside 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_name2Ubaté Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_namePablo Enrique Quicazán Ballesteros
(2016-2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date12 March 1537
founderGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
area_total_km2177.45
population_as_of2015
population_total11385
population_density_km2auto
population_urban3756
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2688
websiteOfficial website

(2016-2019) Guachetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Guachetá is located at 118 km from the capital Bogotá. It borders the Boyacá municipalities of Ráquira and Samacá in the north, Ubaté and Lenguazaque in the south, Ventaquemada and Lenguazaque in the east and in the west Fúquene and Ubaté. Guachetá is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at altitudes between 2600 m and 3500 m.

History

'''Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada''', founder of Guachetá

When the Spanish conquistadores entered the central highlands of Colombia, they encountered the Muisca Confederation; territories of the Muisca. Guachetá was an independent territory within the confederation, led by a cacique. The Spanish army leader Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded Guachetá on March 12, 1537, and initially called it San Gregorio because of the date. The Muisca spoke Chibcha and Guachetá in Chibcha means "farmlands of the hill".

Muisca myth

Statue honouring '''Goranchacha'''

One of the many stories of the mythology of the Muisca is the myth of the virgin maid of Guachetá. The daughter of the cacique allegedly became pregnant through the forces of the Sun, represented in the Muisca religion by Sué. After nine months pregnancy she bore an emerald that she put between her breasts. From this emerald grew the mythical cacique Goranchacha; son of the Sun.

Economy

The main economical activities of Guachetá are agriculture, particularly potatoes, maize, peas and beans, along with coal mining and dairy production.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [http://www.guacheta-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml#2 Official website Guachetá] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-07-09 - accessed 05-05-2016)
  2. Ocampo López, Javier. (2013). "Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia". Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A..
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