Tocancipá
title: "Tocancipá" 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", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocancipá" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Tocancipá |
| etymology | Muysccubun: |
| "Valley of the joys of the zipa" | |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Torre de la campana en iglesia principal.JPG |
| image_caption | Church tower of Tocancipá |
| image_flag | Flag of Tocancipá (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo_del_Municipio_de_Tocancipá.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Tocancipá.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 | Walfrando Adolfo Forero Bejarano |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 21 September 1593 |
| founder | Miguel de Ibarra |
| area_total_km2 | 73.24 |
| area_urban_km2 | 1.62 |
| population_as_of | 2018 census |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 39996 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 15355 |
| population_density_urban_km2 | auto |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2605 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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|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 = Walfrando Adolfo Forero Bejarano (2016-2019) |established_title = Founded |established_date = 21 September 1593 |founder = Miguel de Ibarra |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 73.24 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 1.62 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2018 census |population_footnotes = |population_total = 39996 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = 15355 |population_density_urban_km2 = auto |coordinates = |timezone = Colombia Standard Time |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |elevation_m = 2605 |elevation_ft = |website = Official website |footnotes = Tocancipá () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Tocancipá is situated in the northern part of the Bogotá savanna, part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with the urban centre at an altitude of 2605 m. The capital Bogotá, which metropolitan area includes Tocancipá, is 42 km to the south. Tocancipá borders Gachancipá in the north, Guasca and Sopó in the south, Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.
Etymology
The name Tocancipá comes from Muysccubun and means "Valley of the joys of the zipa".
History
The area of Tocancipá was inhabited early in the history of inhabitation of the Altiplano. The archaeological site Tibitó is located within the boundaries of Tocancipá and evidence of inhabitation has been dated to 11,740 ± 110 years BP. At the time of arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in 1537, Tocancipá was part of the Muisca Confederation, a loose confederation of different rulers of the Muisca. The zipa of Bacatá ruled over Tocancipá.
Modern Tocancipá was founded on September 21, 1593 by Miguel de Ibarra.
Tourism
Jaime Duque Park, a family-oriented amusement park, is located in Tocancipá. The town also hosts the Autódromo de Tocancipá, a race track where vintage and GT races are held.
Gallery
File:Árbol iluminado en parque principal.JPG|Tree on central square File:Edificio de entrada al Parque Jaime Duque.JPG|Entrance of Jaime Duque Park File:Parque Jaime Duque 17.JPG|Replica Taj Mahal in Jaime Duque Park File:Escultura 'El minero' en el Parque Jaime Duque.JPG|Statue of a miner File:Autódromo_de_Tocancipá.svg|Autódromo de Tocancipá
References
Bibliography
References
- [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25817/ Citypopulation.de]
- {{in lang. es [http://www.tocancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tocancipá]
- Aceituno & Rojas, 2012, p.127
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