Chipaque
Chipaque | |
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Municipality and town | |
Church of Chipaque | |
Location of Chipaque inside Cundinamarca, Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°26′33″N 74°2′29″W / 4.44250°N 74.04139°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Eastern Province |
| Founded | 2 October 1600 |
| Founded by | Luis Enríquez |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ariel Danilo Basto Trujillo (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 139.45 km2 (53.84 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 2.1 km2 (0.8 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,400 m (7,900 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 8,400 | |
| • Density | 60/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,530 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | 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 139.45 square kilometres (53.84 sq mi) is located at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes with its westernmost part situated in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá. The Colombian capital is 27 kilometres (17 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 13 °C (55 °F).