Tabio
title: "Tabio" 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-1603", "1603-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabio" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tabio |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Capilla Doctrinera Tabio.jpg |
| image_caption | Chapel of Santa Barbara |
| image_flag | Flag of Tabio (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo Tabio.jpg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tabio.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 | Central Savanna Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Rubén Darío Acero García |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 8 April 1603 |
| founder | Diego Gómez de Mena |
| area_total_km2 | 74.5 |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.43 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 27033 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 13145 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2569 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] a municipality and town in Colombia ::
| name = Tabio | native_name = | nickname = | motto = | settlement_type = Municipality and town | image_skyline = Capilla Doctrinera Tabio.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Chapel of Santa Barbara | image_flag = Flag of Tabio (Cundinamarca).svg | image_seal = Escudo Tabio.jpg | image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tabio.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 = Central Savanna Province | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Rubén Darío Acero García (2016-2019) | established_title = Founded | established_date = 8 April 1603 | founder = Diego Gómez de Mena | area_magnitude = | area_total_km2 = 74.5 | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_km2 = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = 0.43 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2015 | population_note = | population_total = 27033 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = 13145 | coordinates = | timezone = Colombia Standard Time | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | elevation_m = 2569 | elevation_ft = | website = Official website | footnotes = Tabio is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located 45 km from Bogotá. The town was officially founded April 8, 1603, by Diego Gómez de Mena, on grounds that were the property of the native Muisca who inhabited the area. Tabio borders Zipaquirá in the north, Cajicá in the east, Subachoque in the west and Tenjo in the south.
Etymology
The name Tabio comes from the Chibcha word Teib meaning "dent" or "hole", which refers to its geographical location, next to the mouth of the Río Frío (also called Sinca).
History
The Muisca occupied the current location of Tabio before the Spanish conquest, and were largely devoted to agriculture. The Muisca tribe comprised two confederations of small tribes, the Hunza of the northern area, whose sovereign was called zaque, and the Bacatá of the southern area, whose sovereign was the zipa, and which included the territory of Tabio.
The natural hot springs in Tabio were famous among the Muisca, and they were said to have a temple there devoted to the Goddess of Waters. Under the Spanish conquest, the native Muisca were expropriated and the area was put under a colonial rule that issued the foundation of Tabio in 1603.
Economy
Secondary and tertiary economic sectors are relatively underdeveloped in Tabio. Main industrial crops are devoted to floriculture. Potatoes, corn, peas, and carrots are also cultivated.
Tourism
Tabio is well known for its natural hot springs, which are said to have therapeutic properties. It is also known for the annual festival of torbellino, a traditional Andean Colombian dance.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Tabio, elevation 2620 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.9 |Feb high C = 19.5 |Mar high C = 20.0 |Apr high C = 19.6 |May high C = 18.8 |Jun high C = 18.4 |Jul high C = 18.2 |Aug high C = 18.6 |Sep high C = 19.0 |Oct high C = 19.5 |Nov high C = 19.7 |Dec high C = 20.1 | year high C = 19.3 |Jan mean C = 13.4 |Feb mean C = 13.6 |Mar mean C = 13.9 |Apr mean C = 14.2 |May mean C = 13.8 |Jun mean C = 13.5 |Jul mean C = 13.4 |Aug mean C = 13.5 |Sep mean C = 13.6 |Oct mean C = 13.4 |Nov mean C = 13.5 |Dec mean C = 13.5 | year mean C = 13.6 |Jan low C = 7.4 |Feb low C = 8.0 |Mar low C = 8.4 |Apr low C = 9.6 |May low C = 9.8 |Jun low C = 9.4 |Jul low C = 9.5 |Aug low C = 9.1 |Sep low C = 8.9 |Oct low C = 9.2 |Nov low C = 9.0 |Dec low C = 8.2 | year low C = 8.9 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 27.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 48.5 |Mar precipitation mm = 60.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 91.4 |May precipitation mm = 84.2 |Jun precipitation mm = 54.9 |Jul precipitation mm = 55.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 50.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 61.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 94.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 86.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 51.4 |year precipitation mm = 766.4 | Jan precipitation days = 9 | Feb precipitation days = 10 | Mar precipitation days = 13 | Apr precipitation days = 16 | May precipitation days = 18 | Jun precipitation days = 17 | Jul precipitation days = 18 | Aug precipitation days = 19 | Sep precipitation days = 16 | Oct precipitation days = 17 | Nov precipitation days = 14 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 176 | Jan humidity = 75 | Feb humidity = 78 | Mar humidity = 78 | Apr humidity = 80 | May humidity = 81 | Jun humidity = 81 | Jul humidity = 79 | Aug humidity = 78 | Sep humidity = 78 | Oct humidity = 81 | Nov humidity = 81 | Dec humidity = 79 | year humidity = 79 |Jan sun = 192.2 |Feb sun = 158.1 |Mar sun = 142.6 |Apr sun = 117.0 |May sun = 114.7 |Jun sun = 114.0 |Jul sun = 124.0 |Aug sun = 130.2 |Sep sun = 126.0 |Oct sun = 133.3 |Nov sun = 144.0 |Dec sun = 167.4 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.2 |Febd sun = 5.6 |Mard sun = 4.6 |Aprd sun = 3.9 |Mayd sun = 3.7 |Jund sun = 3.8 |Juld sun = 4.0 |Augd sun = 4.2 |Sepd sun = 4.2 |Octd sun = 4.3 |Novd sun = 4.8 |Decd sun = 5.4 |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:Iglesia Tabio.jpg|Church of Tabio File:Foro Tabio 1.jpg|Municipal Forum File:Paisaje rural Tabio.jpg|Tabio rural landscape File:Termales Tabio.jpg|Hot springs
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tabio-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tabio] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-20)
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