Turmequé
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Turmequé |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Turmeque Parque Iglesia.jpg |
| image_caption | Catholic church and central square |
| image_flag | Flag of Turmequé (Boyacá).svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Boyaca - Turmeque.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Turmequé in the Boyacá Department of Colombia |
| pushpin_mapsize | 300 |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Colombia |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Colombia |
| subdivision_type1 | Department |
| subdivision_name1 | Boyacá Department |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Márquez Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Pedro Antonio Murillo Moreno |
| (2020-2023) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 20 July 1537 |
| founder | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
| area_total_km2 | 106 |
| area_urban_km2 | 4 |
| population_total | 6182 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 2565 |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2389 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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Turmequé is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the subregion of the Márquez Province. Turmequé is located at 105 km northeast from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Ventaquemada in the west, in the east Úmbita, in the north Nuevo Colón and in the south the municipality Villapinzón of the department of Cundinamarca.
History
Turmequé was an important center for the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense before the arrival of the Spanish conquest led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, who founded modern Turmequé on July 20, 1537 in his search for El Dorado. Turmequé was part of the Muisca Confederation led by the zaque based in Hunza, present-day department capital Tunja. The name of the village is Chibcha and means "vigorous chief". Another name for the town is Valle de las trompetas ("Trumpet Valley") because of the trumpets the Spanish conquistadores were bringing with them. Turmequé has given its name to the Colombian national game of tejo, previously called Turmequé. In the village center a statue honouring the Muisca sports god Chaquén still remembers this.
Before the municipality was split, it used to be extensive in area. In 1773 Villapinzón (then called Hato Viejo) became a separate unity and in 1776 Ventaquemada was separated from Turmequé.
Economy
The town center is for the most part focused on commerce and services while the rural area has agriculture; potatoes, beans, maize, onions, peas, wheat, barley and fruits such as prunes, blackberries, pears and apples and the typical Colombian fruits curuba and feijoa. Livestock farming consists of mainly pork.
Tourism
Being the birthplace of tejo, Turmequé has considerable amount of tourism. Each year the national championships of tejo are held here. The town also has a religious museum.
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Turmequé/Nuevo Colón, elevation 2438 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 21.9 |Feb high C = 22.1 |Mar high C = 21.8 |Apr high C = 20.6 |May high C = 19.7 |Jun high C = 18.0 |Jul high C = 17.2 |Aug high C = 17.5 |Sep high C = 18.8 |Oct high C = 19.8 |Nov high C = 20.5 |Dec high C = 20.9 | year high C = 19.9 |Jan mean C = 14.7 |Feb mean C = 14.8 |Mar mean C = 15.1 |Apr mean C = 15.0 |May mean C = 14.6 |Jun mean C = 13.9 |Jul mean C = 13.3 |Aug mean C = 13.4 |Sep mean C = 13.9 |Oct mean C = 14.4 |Nov mean C = 14.7 |Dec mean C = 14.6 | year mean C = 14.4 |Jan low C = 9.1 |Feb low C = 9.7 |Mar low C = 10.3 |Apr low C = 10.9 |May low C = 11.0 |Jun low C = 10.5 |Jul low C = 10.0 |Aug low C = 9.9 |Sep low C = 9.5 |Oct low C = 10.0 |Nov low C = 10.3 |Dec low C = 9.6 | year low C = 10.1 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 16.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 28.6 |Mar precipitation mm = 54.1 |Apr precipitation mm = 84.0 |May precipitation mm = 108.7 |Jun precipitation mm = 115.3 |Jul precipitation mm = 124.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 102.8 |Sep precipitation mm = 76.1 |Oct precipitation mm = 96.3 |Nov precipitation mm = 71.6 |Dec precipitation mm = 31.0 |year precipitation mm = 908.7 | unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm | Jan precipitation days = 6 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 18 | May precipitation days = 24 | Jun precipitation days = 24 | Jul precipitation days = 26 | Aug precipitation days = 25 | Sep precipitation days = 20 | Oct precipitation days = 20 | Nov precipitation days = 17 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 208 | Jan humidity = 79 | Feb humidity = 79 | Mar humidity = 79 | Apr humidity = 82 | May humidity = 85 | Jun humidity = 87 | Jul humidity = 88 | Aug humidity = 88 | Sep humidity = 85 | Oct humidity = 84 | Nov humidity = 83 | Dec humidity = 81 | year humidity = 83 |Jan sun = 195.3 |Feb sun = 158.1 |Mar sun = 151.9 |Apr sun = 111.0 |May sun = 105.4 |Jun sun = 87.0 |Jul sun = 89.9 |Aug sun = 99.2 |Sep sun = 126.0 |Oct sun = 136.4 |Nov sun = 150.0 |Dec sun = 186.0 |year sun = |Jand sun = 6.3 |Febd sun = 5.6 |Mard sun = 4.9 |Aprd sun = 3.7 |Mayd sun = 3.4 |Jund sun = 2.9 |Juld sun = 2.9 |Augd sun = 3.2 |Sepd sun = 4.2 |Octd sun = 4.4 |Novd sun = 5.0 |Decd sun = 6.0 |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=3 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}
Gallery
File:Turmequé. Plaza principal (Fotografía tomada en 1986)..jpg|Central square File:Turmeque Plaza Marco.jpg|Square File:Calles de Turmequé.JPG|Street view File:Turmeque Panoramica.jpg|View of Turmequé File:Turmequé bajo el abrigo de la cordillera oriental.JPG|Turmequé with Cordillera Oriental in the background File:Monumento a los Indígenas.jpg|Monument honouring the indigenous Muisca File:Monumento de la plaza principal de Turmequé.jpg|Muisca monument at the central square File:Turmequé-Homenaje al Tejo (juego tradicional).JPG|Monument to god Chaquén and tejo File:Monumento a los Indígenas-3.jpg|Monument File:Turmequé "Jefe vigoroso", significado en el lenguaje Muisca.JPG|Head of the statue
References
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.turmeque-boyaca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Turmequé] - accessed 03-05-2016
- {{in lang. es [http://www.excelsio.net/2011/11/sabe-el-origen-del-nombre-de-su.html Etymology Turmequé] - accessed 03-05-2016
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