| Quipile | |
| 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: | Tequendama Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Pedro Luis Aponte Castro (2016-2019) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 12 November 1825 |
| Founder: | José María Lozano |
| Area Total Km2: | 127.6 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 0.35 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 8164 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 676 |
| Coordinates: | 4.7433°N -74.5667°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2012 |
| Website: | Official website |
Quipile is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Bituima and Vianí in the north, Jerusalén and Anapoima in the south, Anolaima, Cachipay and La Mesa in the east and San Juan de Rioseco and Pulí in the west. The urban centre is located at an altitude of 2012m (6,601feet) at a distance of 83km (52miles) from the capital Bogotá.[1]
The name Quipile comes from the Cariban language of the Panche and means "strong and superior place".[1] It is derived from Quipili, the name of the cacique of the Panche.
In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Quipile was inhabited by the Panche who were submitted to the Spanish rule of the New Kingdom of Granada in the Battle of Tocarema which took place on August 20, 1538.
The date and name of the founder is unknown but traditionally set at November 12, 1825 by José María Lozano.[1]
Quipile is an agrarian community with main products coffee, sugarcane and bananas cultivated.[1]
In 1956 fossil remains of Megatherium and Mastodon; Pleistocene megafauna dated at 460,000 years BP, were discovered within the boundaries of Quipile.[1]