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Sibaté

FieldValue
nameSibaté
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skyline2018 Sibaté embalse del Muña y río Bogotá, vista aérea.jpg
image_flagFlag of Sibaté (Cundinamarca).svg
image_sealEscudo de Sibaté.svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Sibaté.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Sibaté 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_name2Soacha Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameLuis Roberto Gonzalez Peñaloza
(2016–2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date24 November 1967
area_total_km2122.1
area_urban_km21.91
population_as_of2018 census
population_footnotes
population_total33491
population_density_km2auto
population_urban23644
population_density_urban_km2auto
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2700
websiteOfficial website

(2016–2019) Sibaté () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Soacha Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Sibaté is located on the Bogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of 2700 m and a distance of 27 km from the capital Bogotá. It forms part of the metropolitan area of the capital. Sibaté borders Soacha in the north, Pasca and Fusagasugá in the south, Soacha in the east and Silvania and Granada in the west.

Etymology

Sibaté means in Chibcha "Leak of the lake", according to scholar Miguel Triana.

History

In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Sibaté was inhabited by the Muisca. The Bogotá savanna was ruled by the zipa based in Bacatá.

Modern Sibaté was founded on November 24, 1967.

Economy

Main economical activities of Sibaté are agriculture (potatoes, peas and strawberries) and livestock farming.

Climate

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References

References

  1. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25740/ Citypopulation.de]
  2. {{in lang. es [http://www.sibate-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Sibaté] {{webarchive. link. (2015-05-20)
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