Cáqueza
title: "Cáqueza" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1600", "1600-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cáqueza" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cáqueza |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Bigcaqueza.JPG |
| image_caption | View of Cáqueza |
| image_flag | Flag of Cáqueza (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Cáqueza.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Cáqueza.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 250 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Eastern Province, Cundinamarca |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Alba Yolima Benito Clavijo (2024-2027) |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 23 October 1600 |
| founder | Luis Enríquez |
| area_total_km2 | 38 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 17048 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 7297 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1746 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
The name Cáqueza comes from Chibcha and means "Region or enclosure without forest".
History
The area of Cáqueza in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca and Cáqueza was ruled by the zipa based in Bacatá.
Modern Cáqueza was founded on October 23, 1600 by Luis Enríquez.
Economy
Main economic activities in Cáqueza are agriculture and livestock farming. Important agricultural products are beans, maize, peas and onions.
Born in Cáqueza
- Daniel Alejandro Torres, Colombian footballer
Gallery
File:Cáqueza - church - exterior.jpg|Church of Cáqueza, exterior view File:Cáqueza - church - interior.jpg|Church of Cáqueza, interior
References
References
- {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20140310084902/http://www.caqueza-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Cáqueza]
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