Quetame
title: "Quetame" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "villages-in-colombia", "populated-places-established-in-1826", "1826-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetame" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Quetame |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_flag | Flag of Quetame.svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Quetame.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Quetame.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 | Elizabeth Sabogal Velásquez |
| (2024–2027) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 26 June 1826 |
| founder | Josè Joaquin Guarín |
| area_total_km2 | 138.47 |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.29 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 7141 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 1609 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1496 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
The name Quetame comes from Chibcha and means "Our farmfields on the mountains".
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, Quetame was inhabited by the Muisca. Quetame was loyal to the cacique of Ubaque.
Modern Quetame was founded on June 26, 1826 by Josè Joaquin Guarín.
Economy
Main economical activity of Quetame is agriculture with products beans, sagú, maize, peas, arracacha and others.
Earthquake
On May 24, 2008, there was a magnitude 5.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Quetame that caused at least 3 deaths and destroyed 40% of the buildings in the village. The tremor was also felt in Bogotá and Villavicencio.
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.quetame-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Quetame] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-17)
- [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008skbn.php/ USGS data earthquake 2008] {{webarchive. link. (May 26, 2008)
- {{in lang. es [http://www.eltiempo.com/nacion/2008-05-24/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR-4206638.html/ A 15 ascienden los muertos que dejó temblor del sábado en el centro del país] {{webarchive. link. (2008-08-21 - [[El Tiempo (Colombia)). El Tiempo]]
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