Sibaté Explained

Sibaté
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:Soacha Province
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Luis Roberto Gonzalez Peñaloza
(2016–2019)
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:24 November 1967
Area Total Km2:122.1
Area Urban Km2:1.91
Population As Of:2018 census
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:33491
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Urban:23644
Population Density Urban Km2:auto
Coordinates:4.4908°N -74.2594°W
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5
Elevation M:2700
Website:Official website

Sibaté (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Soacha Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Sibaté is located on the Bogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of 2700m (8,900feet) and a distance of 27km (17miles) from the capital Bogotá. It forms part of the metropolitan area of the capital. Sibaté borders Soacha in the north, Pasca and Fusagasugá in the south, Soacha in the east and Silvania and Granada in the west.[2]

Etymology

Sibaté means in Chibcha "Leak of the lake", according to scholar Miguel Triana.[2]

History

In the times before the Spanish conquest, the area of Sibaté was inhabited by the Muisca. The Bogotá savanna was ruled by the zipa based in Bacatá.

Modern Sibaté was founded on November 24, 1967.[2]

Economy

Main economical activities of Sibaté are agriculture (potatoes, peas and strawberries) and livestock farming.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25740/ Citypopulation.de
  2. Official website Sibaté