Gachetá
title: "Gachetá" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1593", "1593-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gachetá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gachetá, Cundinamarca |
| etymology | Muysccubun: "Behind our farmfields" |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Iglesia de Gacheta.jpg |
| image_caption | Church of Gachetá |
| image_flag | Flag of Gachetá.svg |
| image_seal | EscudoGacheta.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachetá.svg |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Gachetá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_map | Colombia |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Cundinamarca |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Guavio Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Julio Enrique Aguilera Jiménez |
| (2016–2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 2 April 1593 |
| founder | Miguel de Ibarra |
| area_total_km2 | 262.16 |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.96 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 11086 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 3689 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1745 |
| website | |
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Etymology
The name Gachetá comes from Muysccubun and means "behind our farmfields".
History
Gachetá before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Gachetá was part of the domains of the cacique of Guatavita.
Modern Gachetá was founded on April 2, 1593, by Miguel de Ibarra.
Economy
Main economical activity of Gachetá is agriculture, with main products coffee, maize, yuca, arracacha, potatoes, beans, sugarcane and blackberries cultivated.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Gachetá, elevation 1752 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 25.2 |Feb high C = 25.5 |Mar high C = 24.9 |Apr high C = 24.1 |May high C = 23.7 |Jun high C = 22.8 |Jul high C = 22.3 |Aug high C = 22.9 |Sep high C = 23.8 |Oct high C = 24.3 |Nov high C = 24.6 |Dec high C = 24.8 | year high C = 24.1 |Jan mean C = 19.1 |Feb mean C = 19.5 |Mar mean C = 19.6 |Apr mean C = 19.5 |May mean C = 19.3 |Jun mean C = 18.7 |Jul mean C = 18.2 |Aug mean C = 18.5 |Sep mean C = 18.8 |Oct mean C = 19.3 |Nov mean C = 19.3 |Dec mean C = 19.1 | year mean C = 19.1 |Jan low C = 11.7 |Feb low C = 12.8 |Mar low C = 13.9 |Apr low C = 14.6 |May low C = 14.8 |Jun low C = 14.5 |Jul low C = 14.0 |Aug low C = 14.0 |Sep low C = 13.4 |Oct low C = 13.8 |Nov low C = 13.8 |Dec low C = 12.4 | year low C = 13.7 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 28.6 |Feb precipitation mm = 48.4 |Mar precipitation mm = 73.6 |Apr precipitation mm = 134.9 |May precipitation mm = 165.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 154.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 152.2 |Aug precipitation mm = 117.4 |Sep precipitation mm = 95.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 113.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 97.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 45.1 |year precipitation mm = 1227 | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 10 | Mar precipitation days = 15 | Apr precipitation days = 21 | May precipitation days = 24 | Jun precipitation days = 25 | Jul precipitation days = 25 | Aug precipitation days = 23 | Sep precipitation days = 19 | Oct precipitation days = 19 | Nov precipitation days = 17 | Dec precipitation days = 12 | year precipitation days = 212 | Jan humidity = 68 | Feb humidity = 69 | Mar humidity = 71 | Apr humidity = 75 | May humidity = 76 | Jun humidity = 77 | Jul humidity = 77 | Aug humidity = 76 | Sep humidity = 74 | Oct humidity = 73 | Nov humidity = 74 | Dec humidity = 71 | year humidity = 73 |Jan sun = 186.0 |Feb sun = 144.0 |Mar sun = 117.8 |Apr sun = 87.0 |May sun = 89.9 |Jun sun = 78.0 |Jul sun = 86.8 |Aug sun = 93.0 |Sep sun = 108.0 |Oct sun = 117.8 |Nov sun = 126.0 |Dec sun = 148.8 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.0 |Febd sun = 5.1 |Mard sun = 3.8 |Aprd sun = 2.9 |Mayd sun = 2.9 |Jund sun = 2.6 |Juld sun = 2.8 |Augd sun = 3.0 |Sepd sun = 3.6 |Octd sun = 3.8 |Novd sun = 4.2 |Decd sun = 4.8 |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:Gacheta.JPG|Central square File:Iglesia de Gacheta Cundinamarca.jpg|Church File:Guaviio.JPG|Guavio Reservoir
References
References
- [https://archive.today/20140310085035/http://www.gacheta-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Gachetá] {{in lang. es
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