Fúquene

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title: "Fúquene" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1638", "1638-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fúquene" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Fúquene
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Fúquene parque.JPG
image_caption	Park in Fúquene
image_flag	Flag of Fúquene.svg
image_seal	ESCUDOFUQUENE.JPG
image_map	Colombia - Cundinamarca - Fúquene.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	Oscar Fredy Rojas Briceño
(2016-2019)
established_title	Founded
established_date	6 November 1638
founder	Gabriel Carvajal
area_total_km2	90
population_as_of	2015
population_total	5617
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	263
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	2750
website	Official website
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History

Fúquene, in the north of the present department of Cundinamarca, was in the centuries before the Spanish conquest inhabited by the Muisca. The village was located in the border region of the northern Muisca territories, ruled by the zaque of Hunza, the southern Muisca area with the zipa based in Bacatá and the independent territories in the northwest. A lake within the boundaries of Fúquene, Lake Fúquene was considered a sacred site in the religion of the Muisca.

With the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores many indigenous people fled to an island in Lake Fúquene. Modern Fúquene was first established by one of the few female founders in 1542, Teresa de Verdugo. The town was properly founded on November 6, 1638, by Gabriel Carvajal.

Etymology

The name Fúquene is either derived from the Chibcha words fú and quyny, meaning "bed of the fox", or named after the god Fu, who inhabited the lake defending the terrain against the Muzo; "bed of Fu".

Economy

Main economical activities of Fúquene are livestock farming and agriculture, mainly potatoes, tomatoes, maize and fruits as strawberries.

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Fúquene (Isla del Santuario), elevation 2580 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 22.7 |Feb high C = 22.8 |Mar high C = 22.4 |Apr high C = 21.3 |May high C = 20.6 |Jun high C = 20.0 |Jul high C = 19.9 |Aug high C = 20.2 |Sep high C = 21.0 |Oct high C = 21.2 |Nov high C = 21.2 |Dec high C = 21.8 | year high C = 21.3 |Jan mean C = 14.6 |Feb mean C = 14.8 |Mar mean C = 14.8 |Apr mean C = 14.7 |May mean C = 14.7 |Jun mean C = 14.4 |Jul mean C = 14.0 |Aug mean C = 14.1 |Sep mean C = 14.2 |Oct mean C = 14.2 |Nov mean C = 14.4 |Dec mean C = 14.5 | year mean C = 14.5 |Jan low C = 8.6 |Feb low C = 9.1 |Mar low C = 9.6 |Apr low C = 10.3 |May low C = 10.3 |Jun low C = 9.9 |Jul low C = 9.4 |Aug low C = 9.3 |Sep low C = 9.1 |Oct low C = 9.5 |Nov low C = 9.9 |Dec low C = 9.1 | year low C = 9.5 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 51.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 63.2 |Mar precipitation mm = 124.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 151.7 |May precipitation mm = 116.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 42.7 |Jul precipitation mm = 46.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 40.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 78.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 163.4 |Nov precipitation mm = 142.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 85.5 |year precipitation mm = 1107.6 | Jan precipitation days = 10 | Feb precipitation days = 11 | Mar precipitation days = 15 | Apr precipitation days = 19 | May precipitation days = 18 | Jun precipitation days = 12 | Jul precipitation days = 12 | Aug precipitation days = 11 | Sep precipitation days = 13 | Oct precipitation days = 18 | Nov precipitation days = 19 | Dec precipitation days = 13 | year precipitation days = 167 | Jan humidity = 77 | Feb humidity = 77 | Mar humidity = 79 | Apr humidity = 82 | May humidity = 81 | Jun humidity = 82 | Jul humidity = 80 | Aug humidity = 80 | Sep humidity = 80 | Oct humidity = 83 | Nov humidity = 84 | Dec humidity = 81 | year humidity = 81 |Jan sun = 229.4 |Feb sun = 189.1 |Mar sun = 173.6 |Apr sun = 135.0 |May sun = 136.4 |Jun sun = 144.0 |Jul sun = 167.4 |Aug sun = 164.3 |Sep sun = 153.0 |Oct sun = 151.9 |Nov sun = 159.0 |Dec sun = 201.5 |year sun = |Jand sun = 7.4 |Febd sun = 6.7 |Mard sun = 5.6 |Aprd sun = 4.5 |Mayd sun = 4.4 |Jund sun = 4.8 |Juld sun = 5.4 |Augd sun = 5.3 |Sepd sun = 5.1 |Octd sun = 4.9 |Novd sun = 5.3 |Decd sun = 6.5 |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}}

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.fuquene-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website Fúquene] {{Webarchive. link. (2019-06-16 - accessed 05-05-2016)
Ocampo López, Javier. (2007). "Grandes culturas indígenas de América". Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A..

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