Ubaque | |
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Municipality and town | |
 View of Ubaque | |
 Flag  Seal | |
 Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
  Ubaque Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates:4°28′59″N73°56′4″W / 4.48306°N 73.93444°W /4.48306; -73.93444 | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| Founded | 15 October 1651 |
| Founded by | Custodio Lesaca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jhovany Osvaldo Garzón aguas (2024-2027) |
| Area | |
• Municipality and town | 104.96 km2 (40.53 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0.14 km2 (0.054 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,867 m (6,125 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 6,166 |
| • Density | 58.75/km2 (152.2/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 879 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Ubaque is a municipality and town ofColombia in theEastern Province of thedepartment ofCundinamarca. Ubaque borders the municipalitiesChoachí in the north,Fómeque in the east,Cáqueza andChipaque in the south and in the west is the Colombian capitalBogotá at 56 km away.[1]
The area around Ubaque was before theSpanish conquest in the 1530s inhabited by the indigenousMuisca, organised in aconfederation. The capital of the southern Muisca territories wasMuyquytá, present-day Funza, to the west of Ubaque withrulerSaguamanchica. Ubaque was ruled by acacique who was loyal to the northern Muisca with capitalHunza until Saguamanchica's successor, the brutal leaderNemequene conquered Ubaque.
The arrival of the Spanish conquerors was revealed topsihipquaBogotá, succeeding the throne after the death of Nemequene. Tisquesusa reigned the southern Muisca at the time of arrival of the Spanish, led byGonzalo 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".[2]
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 fromYbaque (theChibcha word for a bloodingEucalyptus tree, common in theAndes) or from the wordEbaque.[1]
Main economical activity of Ubaque, where 98% of the people live in rural areas, isagriculture, particularlypotatoes andcarrots.[1]
Lake Ubaque or Lake El Cacique is asacred lake in thereligion of the Muisca, located within the boundaries of Ubaque.[3] It was in Ubaque where the last public religious ceremony of the Muisca was performed, on December 27, 1563.[4]
| Climate data for Ubaque (Llano Largo), elevation 2,980 m (9,780 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) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.8 (58.6) | 14.6 (58.3) | 14.1 (57.4) | 13.7 (56.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 12.1 (53.8) | 12.4 (54.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 14.1 (57.4) | 14.3 (57.7) | 14.4 (57.9) | 13.8 (56.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.7 (53.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.5 (52.7) | 11.4 (52.5) | 10.8 (51.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 10.3 (50.5) | 11.1 (52.0) | 11.6 (52.9) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 11.3 (52.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 6.3 (43.3) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 6.0 (42.8) | 6.3 (43.3) | 6.6 (43.9) | 6.3 (43.3) | 6.3 (43.3) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 33.0 (1.30) | 53.0 (2.09) | 76.4 (3.01) | 114.9 (4.52) | 168.9 (6.65) | 169.4 (6.67) | 172.0 (6.77) | 139.5 (5.49) | 91.9 (3.62) | 97.7 (3.85) | 108.2 (4.26) | 54.6 (2.15) | 1,255.9 (49.44) |
| Average precipitation days | 7 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 185 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 90 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 92 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 91 |
| Source:Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[5] | |||||||||||||
