Machetá
Machetá | |
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Municipality and town | |
View of Machetá | |
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 5°4′48.78″N 73°36′26.91″W / 5.0802167°N 73.6074750°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Almeidas Province |
| Founded | 1593 |
| Founded by | Miguel de Ibarra |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rafael Mauricio Forero Briceño (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 229.35 km2 (88.55 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,094 m (6,870 ft) |
| Population (2015) | |
| 6,316 | |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,498 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
Machetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Machetá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 82.6 kilometres (51.3 mi) from the capital Bogotá and 74.3 kilometres (46.2 mi) from Tunja. It borders Tibiritá and Manta in the east, Chocontá and Sesquilé in the west and Guatavita and Gachetá in the south.