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Gachetá

Field	Value
name	Gachetá, Cundinamarca
etymology	Muysccubun: "Behind our farmfields"
settlement_type	Municipality and town
image_skyline	Iglesia de Gacheta.jpg
image_caption	Church of Gachetá
image_flag	Flag of Gachetá.svg
image_seal	EscudoGacheta.svg
image_map	Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachetá.svg
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Gachetá in the Boyacá Department of Colombia
pushpin_map	Colombia
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Colombia
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Department
subdivision_name1	Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Guavio Province
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	Julio Enrique Aguilera Jiménez
(2016–2019)
established_title	Founded
established_date	2 April 1593
founder	Miguel de Ibarra
area_total_km2	262.16
area_urban_km2	0.96
population_as_of	2015
population_total	11086
population_density_km2	auto
population_urban	3689
coordinates
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
elevation_m	1745
website

(2016–2019) Gachetá, Cundinamarca is a municipality and town of Colombia, capital of the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gachetá is situated at an altitude of 1745 m in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The municipality borders Machetá and Manta in the north, the department of Boyacá and Ubalá in the east, Gama and Junín in the south and Guatavita in the west.

Etymology

The name Gachetá comes from Muysccubun and means "behind our farmfields".

History

Gachetá before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Gachetá was part of the domains of the cacique of Guatavita.

Modern Gachetá was founded on April 2, 1593, by Miguel de Ibarra.

Economy

Main economical activity of Gachetá is agriculture, with main products coffee, maize, yuca, arracacha, potatoes, beans, sugarcane and blackberries cultivated.

Climate

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Gallery

File:Gacheta.JPG|Central square File:Iglesia de Gacheta Cundinamarca.jpg|Church File:Guaviio.JPG|Guavio Reservoir

References

[https://archive.today/20140310085035/http://www.gacheta-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Gachetá] {{in lang. es

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