Gachancipá
Gachancipá | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square | |
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°59′27″N 73°52′23″W / 4.99083°N 73.87306°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Central Savanna Province |
| Founded | 1 January 1612 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Joaquín Cubides Ariza (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 43.06 km2 (16.63 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 1.03 km2 (0.40 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,568 m (8,425 ft) |
| Population (2018 census) | |
| 17,026 | |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 11,252 |
| • Urban density | 11,000/km2 (28,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Gachancipá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 42 kilometres (26 mi) from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Suesca and Nemocón in the north, Tocancipá in the south, Sesquilé and Guatavita in the east and Zipaquirá in the west.