Chipaque
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| Country | File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia |
| Department | File:Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| Founded | 2 October 1600 |
| Founded by | Luis Enríquez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ariel Danilo Basto Trujillo (2016-2019) |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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| Website | Official website |
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Chipaque is a municipality and town in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The municipality of 139.45 square kilometres (53.84 sq mi) is located at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with its westernmost part situated in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá. The Colombian capital is 27 kilometres (17 mi) west of Chipaque. Chipaque borders Bogotá's southern locality Usme in the west. To the east, Chipaque borders Cáqueza, in the south Une and in the north Ubaque. The average temperature is 13 °C (55 °F).[1]
Etymology
The name Chipaque is derived from the word Chipapabacue, Muysccubun for "Forest of our ancestors".[1]
Symbols
Flag
The flag consists of two bands of the same size. One of them yellow and the other green. Yellow symbolizes wealth. Green symbolizes hope and also represents its rustic and fertile topography. A white triangle emerges from the side of the pole and its vertices converge at the center where the two bands meet.[2]
Seal
Emblem framed by the sides with the flags of Colombia and Cundinamarca. Its crossed flagpoles wear a yellow ribbon with the name of the municipality "Chipaque" written on it. In the lower part there is a typical landscape of the region and the sun.[2]
Geology
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History
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Chipaque was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Chipaque was part of the cacicazgo of Ubaque. During the conquest, main conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada sent Juanri el sidoso eastward. In 1538, he established the first church in Chipaque.[1]
Modern Chipaque was founded on October 2, 1600, by Luis Enríquez.[1]
Economy
Main activities of Chipaque are livestock farming and agriculture, with potatoes (45%) and onions (25%) as most important products.[1]
Gallery
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Central square
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Oyster fossils in the Chipaque Formation
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Páramo de Cruz Verde
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Páramo de Cruz Verde
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Páramo de Cruz Verde
References
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- ^ a b c d e Template:In lang Official website Chipaque
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2017-01-18.
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