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Lenguazaque


FieldValue
nameLenguazaque
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineLenguazaque centro.jpg
image_flagFlag of Lenguazaque.svg
image_sealEscudo de Lenguazaque.svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Lenguazaque.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_nameCamilo Andrés Lara Gómez
(2016-2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date13 March 1537
founderGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada
area_total_km2153.6
population_as_of2015
population_total10268
population_density_km2auto
population_urban2282
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2589
website

(2016-2019) Lenguazaque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Lenguazaque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at a distance of 116 km from the capital Bogotá. It borders Guachetá in the north, Ubaté in the west, Cucunubá in the south and Villapinzón in the east.

History

In the time of the Muisca Confederation, before the Spanish conquest, Lenguazaque was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, currently known as Tunja, Boyacá. Modern Lenguazaque was founded by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada early on in his conquest of the central highlands of Colombia, on March 13, 1537.

Lenguazaque in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "end of the reign of the zaque".

Economy

The main economic activity in Lenguazaque is coal mining. Also agriculture is executed, predominantly potatoes and to a lesser extent peas, maize, barley and wheat.

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [http://www.lenguazaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Lenguazaque] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-22 - accessed 07-05-2016)
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