Sesquilé
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Sesquilé
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = Sequile.jpg
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|image_caption = View of Sesquilé
|image_flag = Flag of Sesquilé (Cundinamarca).svg
|image_seal = Escudo de Sesquilé.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Sesquilé.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
|pushpin_map = Colombia
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|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = Almeidas Province
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 12 October 1600
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = Nelson Uriel Robayo López
(2016-2019)
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|area_total_km2 = 141
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|population_as_of = 2015
|population_footnotes = {{in lang|es}} [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/poblacion/proyepobla06_20/ProyeccionMunicipios2005_2020.xls DANE, population Sesquilé]
|population_total = 13936
|population_density_km2 = auto
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|population_urban = 3468
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|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 2595
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|website = [http://www.sesquile-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website]
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Sesquilé is a town and municipality in Almeidas Province in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sesquilé in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "hot water".{{in lang|es}} [http://www.sesquile-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website Sesquilé] - accessed 06-05-2016
Sesquilé is adjacent to Tominé Reservoir and nearby Lake Guatavita, the suspected site of the El Dorado legend.
Gallery
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File:Muisca raft Legend of El Dorado Offerings of gold.jpg|The Muisca raft represents the legend of El Dorado
File:LasTresViejas.JPG|Las Tres Viejas (left) and Cerro de Covandonga (right)
File:LagunaDeGuatavita.JPG|Lake Guatavita
File:Iglesia Sesquile.JPG|Cathedral of Sesquilé
File:Sesquile Catedral.jpg|Cathedral
File:Vista Iglesia de Sesquilé.jpg|Cathedral
File:Capilla Colonial de Sesquilè.jpg|Colonial chapel
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References
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External links
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Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Category:Populated places established in 1600
Category:1600 establishments in the Spanish Empire