Cucunubá
title: "Cucunubá" 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/Cucunubá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Cucunubá |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Cucunuba-Cundinamarca (Colombia).jpg |
| image_caption | View of Cucunubá |
| image_flag | Flag of Cucunubá (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Cucunubá.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Cucunubá.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 | Ubaté Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Sandra Liliana Jara Alonso |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 2 August 1600 |
| founder | Luis Enríquez |
| area_total_km2 | 112 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.12 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 7479 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 1383 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2590 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Geography
The urban centre of the municipality is located in the Ubaté Valley at an altitude of 2590 m, while other parts stretch over the mountainous sectors of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The urban centre is at a distance of 90 km from the capital Bogotá.
Etymology
The name Cucunubá comes from Chibcha and means "Similarity to a face".
History
Cucunubá in the times before the Spanish conquest was part of the Muisca Confederation, a loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca.
Modern Cucunubá was founded on August 2, 1600, by Luis Enríquez.
Economy
Main economical activity of Cucunubá is carbon mining. More than half of the municipality's area is covered with farmfields and livestock farming producers. Main agricultural products are potatoes, peas and wheat.
Gallery
File:Iglesia de Cucunubá, Cundinamarca.JPG|Church of Cucunubá File:Templo Parroquial del Divino Salvador 1.jpg|Church
References
References
- {{in lang. es [https://archive.today/20150522161227/http://www.cucunuba-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Cucunubá]
- es [https://www.eltiempo.com/archivo/documento/CMS-7783403 Etymology Cucunubá] - [[El Tiempo (Colombia). El Tiempo]]
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