Sibaté
title: "Sibaté" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1967"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibaté" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Sibaté |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | 2018 Sibaté embalse del Muña y río Bogotá, vista aérea.jpg |
| image_flag | Flag of Sibaté (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Sibaté.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Sibaté.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Sibaté in the 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 | Soacha Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Luis Roberto Gonzalez Peñaloza |
| (2016–2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 24 November 1967 |
| area_total_km2 | 122.1 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.91 |
| population_as_of | 2018 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 33491 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 23644 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2700 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Etymology
Sibaté means in Chibcha "Leak of the lake", according to scholar Miguel Triana.
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Sibaté was inhabited by the Muisca. The Bogotá savanna was ruled by the zipa based in Bacatá.
Modern Sibaté was founded on November 24, 1967.
Economy
Main economical activities of Sibaté are agriculture (potatoes, peas and strawberries) and livestock farming.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Sibaté (Muna), elevation 2565 m, (1971–2000) |Jan high C = 18.4 |Feb high C = 18.5 |Mar high C = 18.4 |Apr high C = 18.4 |May high C = 18.4 |Jun high C = 18.1 |Jul high C = 18.1 |Aug high C = 18.2 |Sep high C = 18.3 |Oct high C = 18.0 |Nov high C = 18.1 |Dec high C = 18.1 | year high C = 18.2 |Jan mean C = 12.4 |Feb mean C = 12.8 |Mar mean C = 12.9 |Apr mean C = 13.2 |May mean C = 13.3 |Jun mean C = 13.1 |Jul mean C = 12.9 |Aug mean C = 13.0 |Sep mean C = 12.9 |Oct mean C = 12.8 |Nov mean C = 12.8 |Dec mean C = 12.5 | year mean C = 12.9 |Jan low C = 6.8 |Feb low C = 7.4 |Mar low C = 8.1 |Apr low C = 8.6 |May low C = 8.9 |Jun low C = 8.7 |Jul low C = 8.4 |Aug low C = 8.1 |Sep low C = 7.8 |Oct low C = 8.3 |Nov low C = 8.2 |Dec low C = 7.2 | year low C = 8.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 18.7 |Feb precipitation mm = 26.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 49.5 |Apr precipitation mm = 74.9 |May precipitation mm = 70.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 45.2 |Jul precipitation mm = 23.5 |Aug precipitation mm = 36.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 47.7 |Oct precipitation mm = 73.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 63.9 |Dec precipitation mm = 34.8 |year precipitation mm = 564.8 | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 15 | May precipitation days = 15 | Jun precipitation days = 14 | Jul precipitation days = 12 | Aug precipitation days = 14 | Sep precipitation days = 13 | Oct precipitation days = 17 | Nov precipitation days = 15 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 153 | Jan humidity = 81 | Feb humidity = 82 | Mar humidity = 80 | Apr humidity = 83 | May humidity = 81 | Jun humidity = 78 | Jul humidity = 75 | Aug humidity = 79 | Sep humidity = 80 | Oct humidity = 84 | Nov humidity = 85 | Dec humidity = 83 | year humidity = 81 |Jan sun = 164.3 |Feb sun = 135.7 |Mar sun = 130.2 |Apr sun = 111.0 |May sun = 120.9 |Jun sun = 138.0 |Jul sun = 164.3 |Aug sun = 148.8 |Sep sun = 123.0 |Oct sun = 111.6 |Nov sun = 126.0 |Dec sun = 148.8 |year sun = |Jand sun = 5.3 |Febd sun = 4.8 |Mard sun = 4.2 |Aprd sun = 3.7 |Mayd sun = 3.9 |Jund sun = 4.6 |Juld sun = 5.3 |Augd sun = 4.8 |Sepd sun = 4.1 |Octd sun = 3.6 |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/21021/21789/PROMEDIOS+ACTUALES_71-00tablas.xls/fa837392-e28c-438b-819c-22770c6e03be |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1971–2000 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 25 June 2024
References
References
- [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25740/ Citypopulation.de]
- {{in lang. es [http://www.sibate-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Sibaté] {{webarchive. link. (2015-05-20)
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