Ubaque
title: "Ubaque" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1651", "1651-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubaque" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Ubaque |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | 2019 Ubaque - Iglesia.jpg |
| image_caption | View of Ubaque |
| image_flag | Flag of Ubaque.svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Ubaque.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Ubaque.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 | Eastern Province |
| leader_title | Mayor |
| leader_name | Jhovany Osvaldo Garzón aguas |
| (2024-2027) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 15 October 1651 |
| founder | Custodio Lesaca |
| area_total_km2 | 104.96 |
| area_urban_km2 | 0.14 |
| population_as_of | 2015 |
| population_total | 6166 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 879 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 1867 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
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History
The area around Ubaque was before the Spanish conquest in the 1530s inhabited by the indigenous Muisca, organised in a confederation. The capital of the southern Muisca territories was Muyquytá, present-day Funza, to the west of Ubaque with ruler Saguamanchica. Ubaque was ruled by a cacique who was loyal to the northern Muisca with capital Hunza until Saguamanchica's successor, the brutal leader Nemequene conquered Ubaque.
The arrival of the Spanish conquerors was revealed to psihipqua Bogotá, succeeding the throne after the death of Nemequene. Tisquesusa reigned the southern Muisca at the time of arrival of the Spanish, led by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Mohan Popón who lived in Ubaque told the Muisca ruler that foreigners were coming and Bogotá would die "bathing in his own blood".
The troops of De Quesada conquered the Muisca Confederation and on October 15, 1651, Ubaque was properly founded.
The etymology of Ubaque is not entirely clear. The name could be derived from Ybaque (the Chibcha word for a blooding Eucalyptus tree, common in the Andes) or from the word Ebaque.
Economy
Main economical activity of Ubaque, where 98% of the people live in rural areas, is agriculture, particularly potatoes and carrots. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/2019_Ubaque_-_Laguna_por_la_tarde.jpg" caption="Lake Ubaque"] ::
Lake Ubaque
Lake Ubaque or Lake El Cacique is a sacred lake in the religion of the Muisca, located within the boundaries of Ubaque. It was in Ubaque where the last public religious ceremony of the Muisca was performed, on December 27, 1563.
Born in Ubaque
- Jaime Pardo Leal, former politician (assassinated)
Climate
|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Ubaque (Llano Largo), elevation 2980 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 14.6 |Feb high C = 14.8 |Mar high C = 14.6 |Apr high C = 14.1 |May high C = 13.7 |Jun high C = 12.7 |Jul high C = 12.1 |Aug high C = 12.4 |Sep high C = 13.4 |Oct high C = 14.1 |Nov high C = 14.3 |Dec high C = 14.4 | year high C = 13.8 |Jan mean C = 11.7 |Feb mean C = 11.6 |Mar mean C = 11.6 |Apr mean C = 11.5 |May mean C = 11.4 |Jun mean C = 10.8 |Jul mean C = 10.2 |Aug mean C = 10.3 |Sep mean C = 11.1 |Oct mean C = 11.6 |Nov mean C = 11.8 |Dec mean C = 11.8 | year mean C = 11.3 |Jan low C = 5.7 |Feb low C = 5.8 |Mar low C = 6.3 |Apr low C = 6.9 |May low C = 6.9 |Jun low C = 6.5 |Jul low C = 6.1 |Aug low C = 6.1 |Sep low C = 6.0 |Oct low C = 6.3 |Nov low C = 6.6 |Dec low C = 6.3 | year low C = 6.3 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 33.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 53.0 |Mar precipitation mm = 76.4 |Apr precipitation mm = 114.9 |May precipitation mm = 168.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 169.4 |Jul precipitation mm = 172.0 |Aug precipitation mm = 139.5 |Sep precipitation mm = 91.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 97.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 108.2 |Dec precipitation mm = 54.6 |year precipitation mm = 1255.9 | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 8 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 16 | May precipitation days = 22 | Jun precipitation days = 22 | Jul precipitation days = 24 | Aug precipitation days = 21 | Sep precipitation days = 15 | Oct precipitation days = 15 | Nov precipitation days = 15 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 185 | Jan humidity = 90 | Feb humidity = 89 | Mar humidity = 91 | Apr humidity = 91 | May humidity = 92 | Jun humidity = 93 | Jul humidity = 94 | Aug humidity = 94 | Sep humidity = 92 | Oct humidity = 90 | Nov humidity = 90 | Dec humidity = 90 | year humidity = 91 |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}}
References
Bibliography
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.ubaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Ubaque] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-10-13 - accessed 04-05-2016)
- {{in lang. es [http://pueblosoriginarios.com/biografias/tisquesusa.html Tisquesusa would die bathing in his own blood] - Pueblos Originarios - accessed 04-05-2016
- Ocampo López, 2007, Ch.V, p.226
- Londoño, 2001, p.4
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