Choachí
title: "Choachí" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1560", "1560-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choachí" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Choachí |
| native_name | Chiguachí |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Cascada La Chorrera vista general y vista rural de Choachí.jpg |
| image_caption | Rural view of Choachí |
| image_flag | Flag of Choachí (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Choachí.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Choachí.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 |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Álvaro Gutiérrez Pardo |
| (2016–2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 29 September 1560 |
| founder | Antonio Bermúdez |
| area_total_km2 | 223 |
| area_urban_km2 | 10.4 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 10729 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 3615 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1923 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
The name Choachí is derived from the original name in Chibcha: Chi-gua-chí, which means "Our Mountain of the Moon". The Muisca had a strong lunar cult and worshipped the goddess of the Moon, Chía in various places across their territories. It is believed that in Choachí a place of worship to the Moon was located.
Geography
Choachí is home to the tallest waterfall in Colombia, La Chorrera, which has a height of 590 m (~1940 ft).
History
The area of Choachí was inhabited by the southern Muisca, part of the Muisca Confederation ruled by the zipa of Bacatá. The modern foundation of the town was early in the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, in 1560, by Antonio Bermúdez, a conquistador who arrived as part of the army of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. In 1601 a parish was constructed in Choachí.
Between the 17th and 19th century the original indigenous population almost completely perished.
Economy
Main economical activities in Choachí are agriculture, livestock farming. Also tourism, mainly from the capital, is a source of income for the local people.
Geology
In the area of Choachí Cretaceous sandstones and the organic-rich shales of the Fómeque Formation are outcropping.
Archeology
In the first half of the 20th century within Choachí the Choachí Stone has been found, possibly in a grave. The stone, carved in lydite may represent the Muisca calendar, a complex lunisolar calendar used by the Muisca. Also petroglyphs have been discovered in Choachí.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Choachí (Bolsa La), elevation 3195 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 13.0 |Feb high C = 12.9 |Mar high C = 12.5 |Apr high C = 11.9 |May high C = 11.9 |Jun high C = 11.6 |Jul high C = 11.4 |Aug high C = 11.5 |Sep high C = 12.1 |Oct high C = 12.2 |Nov high C = 12.2 |Dec high C = 12.7 | year high C = 12.1 |Jan mean C = 8.7 |Feb mean C = 8.5 |Mar mean C = 8.5 |Apr mean C = 8.5 |May mean C = 8.5 |Jun mean C = 8.3 |Jul mean C = 8.0 |Aug mean C = 8.1 |Sep mean C = 8.4 |Oct mean C = 8.6 |Nov mean C = 8.7 |Dec mean C = 8.8 | year mean C = 8.4 |Jan low C = 3.9 |Feb low C = 4.4 |Mar low C = 4.8 |Apr low C = 5.1 |May low C = 5.4 |Jun low C = 5.3 |Jul low C = 5.0 |Aug low C = 5.0 |Sep low C = 4.8 |Oct low C = 4.9 |Nov low C = 5.0 |Dec low C = 4.2 | year low C = 4.8 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 30.5 |Feb precipitation mm = 46.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 89.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 116.6 |May precipitation mm = 158.6 |Jun precipitation mm = 145.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 160.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 125.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 88.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 123.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 114.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 61.8 |year precipitation mm = 1234.7 | Jan precipitation days = 9 | Feb precipitation days = 11 | Mar precipitation days = 15 | Apr precipitation days = 19 | May precipitation days = 24 | Jun precipitation days = 23 | Jul precipitation days = 24 | Aug precipitation days = 23 | Sep precipitation days = 18 | Oct precipitation days = 19 | Nov precipitation days = 18 | Dec precipitation days = 13 | year precipitation days = 211 | Jan humidity = 92 | Feb humidity = 93 | Mar humidity = 95 | Apr humidity = 96 | May humidity = 96 | Jun humidity = 95 | Jul humidity = 96 | Aug humidity = 96 | Sep humidity = 95 | Oct humidity = 95 | Nov humidity = 95 | Dec humidity = 94 | year humidity = 95 |Jan sun = 158.1 |Feb sun = 127.0 |Mar sun = 99.2 |Apr sun = 63.0 |May sun = 62.0 |Jun sun = 69.0 |Jul sun = 52.7 |Aug sun = 68.2 |Sep sun = 81.0 |Oct sun = 86.8 |Nov sun = 87.0 |Dec sun = 133.3 |year sun = |Jand sun = 5.1 |Febd sun = 4.5 |Mard sun = 3.2 |Aprd sun = 2.1 |Mayd sun = 2.0 |Jund sun = 2.3 |Juld sun = 1.7 |Augd sun = 2.2 |Sepd sun = 2.7 |Octd sun = 2.8 |Novd sun = 2.9 |Decd sun = 4.3 |yeard sun = |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 17 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}
Gallery
File:Cara del indio.png|Cara del indio, rock shaped as the face of an Indian File:Choachí waterfall - Highest of Colombia (590m) (4925103331).jpg|Highest waterfall of Colombia File:Choachí-Cundinamarca.JPG|Rural part of Choachí File:Cows in the Fog (7722843860).jpg|Cows in the fog File:The Store (7627837960).jpg|Store in Choachí Road to Choachi, Colombia (7654907444).jpg|Road to Choachí File:Carboneros de Choachí.jpg|Charcoal burners of Choachí in 1850 by Ramón Torres Méndez. File:Iglesia Choachi, Cundinamarca - panoramio.jpg|Church of San Miguel in Choachí
Trivia
- A number of episodes of the popular series Escobar, el patrón del mal were filmed in Choachí
- The highest waterfall of Colombia with 590 m is located in Choachí
References
Bibliography
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.choachi-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website - information Choachí] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-06-18 - accessed 29-04-2016)
- "La Chorrera Waterfall_Colombia".
- Izquierdo, 2009, p. 86
- [[Ramón Torres Méndez]]. (1875). "Costumbres santafereñas". E. V. Sperling.
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