Zipacón
title: "Zipacón" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1561", "1561-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipacón" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Zipacón |
| settlement_type | Municipality and town |
| image_skyline | Zipacon 20041211 (101).jpg |
| image_caption | Central square and church |
| image_flag | Flag of Zipacón (Cundinamarca).svg |
| image_seal | Escudo de Zipacón.svg |
| image_map | Colombia - Cundinamarca - Zipacón.svg |
| mapsize | 250px |
| map_caption | Location of the municipality and town of Zipacón 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 | Gustavo Cortés Camacho |
| (2016-2019) | |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 5 July 1561 |
| founder | José Antonio Rubio |
| area_total_km2 | 70 |
| population_as_of | 2016 |
| population_total | 5570 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_urban | 2081 |
| coordinates | |
| timezone | Colombia Standard Time |
| utc_offset | -5 |
| elevation_m | 2550 |
| website | |
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Etymology
The name Zipacón comes from Muysccubun and means "crying of the zipa".
History
In the times before the Spanish conquest, Zipacón was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Zipacón was the site of meditation for the zipa. The settlement was at the border with the Panche, eternal enemies of the Muisca. It was in Zipacón where the Panche invaded when the Spanish conquistadors were conquering the Bogotá savanna.
The oldest evidences for agriculture of potatoes on the Bogotá savanna has been unearthed in Zipacón and dated at 3200 years BP. The settlement was inhabited since the Herrera Period, at least since 3270 BP. Rock art has been discovered in Zipacón.
Modern Zipacón was founded on July 5, 1561, by José Antonio Rubio.
Economy
Main economical activities of Zipacón are agriculture and livestock farming.
Gallery
File:LLEGANDO A ZIPACON - panoramio.jpg|Road to Zipacón File:Zipacon.jpg|Street in Zipacón File:Camino real de Zipacón.jpg|Farm File:Figura Plaza Central Zipacon.JPG|Statue of meditating zipa File:Stairway to a hermit's place in the jungle - panoramio.jpg|Rural Zipacón
References
Bibliography
References
- {{in lang. es [http://www.zipacon-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Zipacón] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-05-20)
- {{in lang. es [https://pueblosoriginarios.com/biografias/sagipa.html ''Zipa'' Sagipa] - Pueblos Originarios
- García, 2012, p.63
- Nieto Escalante et al., 2010, p.96
- {{in lang
- Muñoz Castiblanco, 2006, p. 10
- Martínez & Botiva, 2004a
- López Estupiñán, 2011
- Martínez & Botiva, 2004b, p. 15
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