| Official Name: | Orqueta |
| Mapsize: | 250px |
| Subdivision Type1: | British Overseas Territory |
| Subdivision Name: |  United Kingdom |
| Pushpin Map: | Falkland Islands#South America |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Stanley within the Falkland Islands |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | FKST |
| Utc Offset: | −3 |
| Coordinates: | -51.8667°N -59.2167°W |
Orqueta (Spanish; Castilian: Horqueta) is a settlement located in the north center of Lafonia, on East Falkland, Falkland Islands, on the Orqueta Creek and west of Bodie Creek.[1] [2] [3] The name in Falkland Islands English of Orqueta goes back to the gauchos rioplatenses that inhabited the area around the middle of the nineteenth century and refers to the Paspalum notatum.[4] [5]
