Chipaque
{{Infobox settlement
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = Church Exterior - Chipaque - Cundinamarca.jpg
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|image_caption = Church of Chipaque
|image_flag = Flag of Chipaque (Cundinamarca).svg
|image_seal = Escudo de Chipaque.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Chipaque.svg
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|map_caption = Location of Chipaque inside Cundinamarca, Colombia
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Eastern Province
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Ariel Danilo Basto Trujillo
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|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 2 October 1600
|founder = Luis Enríquez
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|area_total_km2 = 139.45
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|population_total = 8400
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|population_urban = 2530
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|website = {{URL|http://www.chipaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/|Official website}}
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Chipaque is a municipality and town in the Eastern Province of the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The municipality of {{convert|139.45|km2|sqmi}} is located at an altitude of {{convert|2400|m|ft}} in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with its westernmost part situated in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá. The Colombian capital is {{convert|27|km|mi}} west of Chipaque. Chipaque borders Bogotá's southern locality Usme in the west. To the east, Chipaque borders Cáqueza, in the south Une and in the north Ubaque. The average temperature is {{convert|13|C|F}}.{{in lang|es}} [https://archive.today/20140310084832/http://www.chipaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Chipaque]
Etymology
The name Chipaque is derived from the word Chipapabacue, Muysccubun for "Forest of our ancestors".
Symbols
Flag
The flag consists of two bands of the same size. One of them yellow and the other green. Yellow symbolizes wealth. Green symbolizes hope and also represents its rustic and fertile topography. A white triangle emerges from the side of the pole and its vertices converge at the center where the two bands meet.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chipaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-01-18 |archive-date=2019-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802105135/http://www.chipaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/ |url-status=dead }}
Seal
Emblem framed by the sides with the flags of Colombia and Cundinamarca. Its crossed flagpoles wear a yellow ribbon with the name of the municipality "Chipaque" written on it. In the lower part there is a typical landscape of the region and the sun.
Geology
{{main|Eastern Hills, Bogotá#Geology}}
The Chipaque Formation, consisting of organic shales and sandstone beds, is named after Chipaque. The Páramo de Cruz Verde is located in the northern part of the municipality.
History
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Chipaque was inhabited by the indigenous Muisca, organised in their loose Muisca Confederation. Chipaque was part of the cacicazgo of Ubaque. During the conquest, main conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada sent Juan Tafur eastward. In 1538, he established the first church in Chipaque.
Modern Chipaque was founded on October 2, 1600, by Luis Enríquez.
Economy
Main activities of Chipaque are livestock farming and agriculture, with potatoes (45%) and onions (25%) as most important products.
Gallery
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File:Parque Chipaque.jpg|Central square
File:Chipaque Formation 2 - Oysters - Sandstone Bed - Chipaque - Cundinamarca.jpg|Oyster fossils in the Chipaque Formation
File:Páramo de Cruz Verde.JPG|Páramo de Cruz Verde
File:Cerro en el páramo de Cruz Verde.JPG|Páramo de Cruz Verde
File:Gran frailejon.jpg|Páramo de Cruz Verde
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References
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{{commons category|Chipaque}}
{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Category:Populated places established in 1600