Funza | |
Native Name: | Muyquytá |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Western Savanna |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Manuel Antonio Montagu Briceño (2016-2019) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 20 April 1537 |
Founder: | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
Area Total Km2: | 67.75 |
Area Urban Km2: | 7.78 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 93154 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 90671 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Population Demonym: | Funzano |
Coordinates: | 4.7175°N -74.2094°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2548 |
Area Code: | +1 |
Funza (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, of the department of Cundinamarca. Funza is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altitude of 2548m (8,360feet). In Funza the La Florida wetland, part of the wetlands of Bogotá, a remnant of the Pleistocene Lake Humboldt, still exists. The town is part of the Metropolitan Area of Bogotá and borders Madrid and Tenjo in the north, Mosquera in the south, Madrid in the west and Cota and the locality Engativá of the capital Bogotá in the east. The eastern boundary is formed by the Bogotá River. Funza is the site of the former main settlement Bacatá of the Muisca Confederation. Modern Funza was founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada during the Spanish conquest of the Muisca on April 20, 1537.[2]
The name Funza comes from Chibcha and means "Powerful lord".[2]
In the times before the Spanish conquest, Funza was an important village in the Muisca Confederation. This loose confederation of rulers of the Muisca had a southern ruler, the zipa based in Bacatá, the present-day municipality of Funza.[2]
Modern Funza was founded by conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada en route in his search for El Dorado on April 20, 1537.[2]
On January 21, 1972, a Líneas Aéreas La Urraca flight crashed in Funza after an explosion on board.[3]
The economy of Funza is based on agricultural and industrial activities. Main agricultural products are potatoes and maize. Other industries involve plastics and metalcraft production.[2]