Ubalá
Ubalá | |
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Municipality and town | |
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Ubalá Location in Colombia | |
Coordinates: 4°44′38″N 73°32′5″W / 4.74389°N 73.53472°WCoordinates: 4°44′38″N 73°32′5″W / 4.74389°N 73.53472°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Province | Guavio Province |
Founded | 23 October 1846 |
Founded by | Ospina Rodríguez |
Government | |
• Mayor | Danilo Antonio Salinas Martínez (2016-2019) |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 505 km2 (195 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,949 m (6,394 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 10,718 |
• Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,280 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Website | Official website |
Ubalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It is the only municipality of Cundinamarca that is split in two parts.
Climate[]
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Etymology[]
In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Ubalá means "Place on the hillside" or "At the foot of the hillside".[1]
History[]
The region west to Ubalá was inhabited by the Muisca before the Spanish conquistadores entered the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. To the east of Ubalá the indigenous Tegua were living and to the south the Guayupe.
Ubalá was properly founded on October 23rd, 1846 by Ospina Rodríguez.
Economy[]
Main economical activity of Ubalá is mining, predominantly emeralds, iron ore, sandstones, clay and salt.
Gallery[]
Church view
Church close-up
Mining iron ore
Laguna Verde
Rural part of Ubalá
Guavio artificial lake
Guavio river
Guavio lake
Edge of Guavio lake
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ubalá. |
- ^ (in Spanish) Etymology Ubalá
- Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
- Populated places established in 1846
- Muisca Confederation
- Muysccubun