Zipacón
Zipacón | |
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Municipality and town | |
Central square and church | |
Location of the municipality and town of Zipacón inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 4°45′36″N 74°22′47″W / 4.76000°N 74.37972°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Department | Cundinamarca |
| Province | Western Savanna Province |
| Founded | 5 July 1561 |
| Founded by | José Antonio Rubio |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Gustavo Cortés Camacho (2016-2019) |
| Area | |
| 70 km2 (30 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 2,550 m (8,370 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| 5,570 | |
| • Density | 80/km2 (210/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,081 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | Official website |
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Zipacón (Spanish pronunciation: [sipaˈkon]) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Zipacón is situated at an altitude of 2,550 metres (8,370 ft) on the Bogotá savanna, the southern flatlands of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Zipacón borders Anolaima, Facatativá, La Mesa and Bojacá.