Subachoque
title: "Subachoque" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1774", "1774-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subachoque" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Subachoque |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | 2018 Subachoque, panorámica.jpg |
| image_caption | Vue of Subachoque |
| image_flag | Flag of Subachoque (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Subachoque.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Subachoque.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 | Western Savanna Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Juan Guillermo Cortés Ballén |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 16 March 1774 |
| founder | Jacinto Roque Salgado |
| area_total_km2 | 211.53 |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.813 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 16117 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 6061 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2663 |
| website | |
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Etymology
The name Subachoque comes from Chibcha and means either "Work of the Sun" or "Farmfields of the front".
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Subachoque formed part of the Muisca Confederation, a loose confederation of different rulers of the Muisca. Subachoque was reigned by the zipa based in Bacatá.
Modern Subachoque was founded on March 16, 1774 by the priest Jacinto Roque Salgado. After the Spanish Crown gave the lands and allowance to Spanish families in order to colonize the area, the indigenous peoples that lived by the time in that area were relocated in another areas of Colombia or executed if they refused to be moved. Subachoque is one of the few towns in Colombia whose inhabitants are descendants mostly only from Spanish or European roots. During the iron production that took place at La pradera between 1850 and the early 1900s, the arrival of North Americans, British, French and Germans placed a genetical mark on the population of Subachoque.
The Subachoque area was also the site of the Battle of Campo Amalia, also known as the Battle of Subachoque, in 1861.
Economy
Main economical activities of Subachoque are agriculture, livestock farming and small-scale mining. The most important agricultural products cultivated are potatoes, carrots, peas and fruits as peaches, pears, strawberries and apples.
Geology
The Subachoque Formation is named after Subachoque.
Born in Subachoque
- Nemesio Camacho, businessman and politician
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Subachoque (Primavera La), elevation 2560 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 18.9 |Feb high C = 18.5 |Mar high C = 18.4 |Apr high C = 18.9 |May high C = 18.6 |Jun high C = 17.7 |Jul high C = 17.1 |Aug high C = 17.9 |Sep high C = 18.4 |Oct high C = 18.4 |Nov high C = 18.1 |Dec high C = 18.6 | year high C = 18.3 |Jan mean C = 11.2 |Feb mean C = 11.8 |Mar mean C = 11.4 |Apr mean C = 12.1 |May mean C = 12.2 |Jun mean C = 12.0 |Jul mean C = 11.2 |Aug mean C = 11.7 |Sep mean C = 11.6 |Oct mean C = 11.4 |Nov mean C = 11.2 |Dec mean C = 10.7 | year mean C = 11.6 |Jan low C = 3.8 |Feb low C = 5.6 |Mar low C = 5.2 |Apr low C = 6.8 |May low C = 7.3 |Jun low C = 6.4 |Jul low C = 5.8 |Aug low C = 5.8 |Sep low C = 5.4 |Oct low C = 5.9 |Nov low C = 6.0 |Dec low C = 4.0 | year low C = 5.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 29.8 |Feb precipitation mm = 41.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 65.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 100.7 |May precipitation mm = 103.5 |Jun precipitation mm = 62.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 54.9 |Aug precipitation mm = 53.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 70.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 113.6 |Nov precipitation mm = 93.1 |Dec precipitation mm = 47.6 |year precipitation mm = 836.8 | Jan precipitation days = 8 | Feb precipitation days = 10 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 16 | May precipitation days = 17 | Jun precipitation days = 14 | Jul precipitation days = 15 | Aug precipitation days = 14 | Sep precipitation days = 13 | Oct precipitation days = 17 | Nov precipitation days = 14 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 158 |Jan sun = 186.0 |Feb sun = 141.2 |Mar sun = 127.1 |Apr sun = 105.0 |May sun = 124.0 |Jun sun = 120.0 |Jul sun = 145.7 |Aug sun = 124.0 |Sep sun = 120.0 |Oct sun = 108.5 |Nov sun = 141.0 |Dec sun = 176.7 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.0 |Febd sun = 5.0 |Mard sun = 4.1 |Aprd sun = 3.5 |Mayd sun = 4.0 |Jund sun = 4.0 |Juld sun = 4.7 |Augd sun = 4.0 |Sepd sun = 4.0 |Octd sun = 3.5 |Novd sun = 4.7 |Decd sun = 5.7 |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:Torre de la Ferreria.JPG|Antigua Ferrería de La Pradera monument File:Torre ferreria.JPG|Antigua Ferrería de La Pradera monument
References
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References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.subachoque-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Subachoque]
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