Subachoque | |
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Municipality and town | |
 Vue of Subachoque | |
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 Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
  Subachoque Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates:4°55′41″N74°10′25″W / 4.92806°N 74.17361°W /4.92806; -74.17361 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Province | Western Savanna Province |
| Founded | 16 March 1774 |
| Founded by | Jacinto Roque Salgado |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Juan Guillermo Cortés Ballén (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 211.53 km2 (81.67 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.813 km2 (0.314 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,663 m (8,737 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 16,117 |
| • Density | 76.193/km2 (197.34/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 6,061 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Subachoque is amunicipality and town ofColombia in theWestern Savanna Province, part of thedepartment ofCundinamarca. The municipality is situated on theBogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of 2,663 metres (8,737 ft) at a distance of 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the capitalBogotá. Subachoque is part of theMetropolitan Area of Bogotá and bordersZipaquirá,Tabio andTenjo in the east,Zipaquirá andPacho in the north,San Francisco andSupatá in the west andMadrid andEl Rosal in the south.[1]Subachoque is composed of 17 subdivisions: Altania, Canica Alta, Canica Baja, Cascajal, El Guamal, El Pantano, El Páramo, El Tobal, Galdámez, La Cuesta, La Pradera, La Unión, La Yegüera, Llanitos, Rincón Santo, Santa Rosa, Tibagota, El Valle.
The name Subachoque comes fromChibcha and means either "Work of the Sun" or "Farmfields of the front".[1]
In the times before theSpanish conquest, the area of Subachoque formed part of theMuisca Confederation, a loose confederation of differentrulers of theMuisca. Subachoque was reigned by thezipa based inBacatá.
Modern Subachoque was founded on March 16, 1774 by the priest Jacinto Roque Salgado. After the Spanish Crown gave the lands and allowance to Spanish families in order to colonize the area, the indigenous peoples that lived by the time in that area were relocated in another areas of Colombia or executed if they refused to be moved. Subachoque is one of the few towns in Colombia whose inhabitants are descendants mostly only from Spanish or European roots. During the iron production that took place at La pradera between 1850 and the early 1900s, the arrival of North Americans, British, French and Germans placed a genetical mark on the population of Subachoque.[1]
The Subachoque area was also the site of theBattle of Campo Amalia, also known as the Battle of Subachoque, in 1861.
Main economical activities of Subachoque areagriculture,livestock farming and small-scalemining. The most important agricultural products cultivated arepotatoes,carrots,peas and fruits aspeaches,pears,strawberries andapples.[1]
TheSubachoque Formation is named after Subachoque.
| Climate data for Subachoque (Primavera La), elevation 2,560 m (8,400 ft), (1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.5 (65.3) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.9 (66.0) | 18.6 (65.5) | 17.7 (63.9) | 17.1 (62.8) | 17.9 (64.2) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 18.1 (64.6) | 18.6 (65.5) | 18.3 (64.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.4 (52.5) | 12.1 (53.8) | 12.2 (54.0) | 12.0 (53.6) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.4 (52.5) | 11.2 (52.2) | 10.7 (51.3) | 11.6 (52.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.8 (38.8) | 5.6 (42.1) | 5.2 (41.4) | 6.8 (44.2) | 7.3 (45.1) | 6.4 (43.5) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.8 (42.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 5.9 (42.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 5.6 (42.1) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 29.8 (1.17) | 41.5 (1.63) | 65.2 (2.57) | 100.7 (3.96) | 103.5 (4.07) | 62.9 (2.48) | 54.9 (2.16) | 53.0 (2.09) | 70.9 (2.79) | 113.6 (4.47) | 93.1 (3.67) | 47.6 (1.87) | 836.8 (32.94) |
| Average precipitation days | 8 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 158 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 186.0 | 141.2 | 127.1 | 105.0 | 124.0 | 120.0 | 145.7 | 124.0 | 120.0 | 108.5 | 141.0 | 176.7 | 1,619.2 |
| Mean dailysunshine hours | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 4.4 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[2] | |||||||||||||
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