Supatá | |
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: | Gualivá Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Carlos Andrés Cárdenas Gómez (2016-2019) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 13 December 1882 |
Founder: | Venancio and Isidro Aguilera |
Area Total Km2: | 117.7 |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.3 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 5022 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 1502 |
Coordinates: | 5.0611°N -74.2367°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1780 |
Website: | Official website |
Supatá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Gualivá Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. Supatá is located 76km (47miles) north of the Colombian capital Bogotá. Supatá borders the municipalities Pacho, Vergara, Subachoque, La Vega and San Francisco.[1]
Before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores in the central highlands of Colombia, the area around Supatá was inhabited by the Panche people. In Chibcha Supatá means "low and fertile land".[2] The village is located on the northwestern edge of the Bogotá savanna at a relatively low elevation of above sea level, while other areas within the municipality are much higher, up to a maximum elevation of 3400m (11,200feet).[1]
On the El Tablazo mountain, at an elevation of within the boundaries of Supatá, there's a cave named Cueva Chía ("Chía Cave"). Chía was the Moon goddess of the Muisca who frequently invaded the territories of the Panche. It is said the people hid the treasures of Chía in this cave.[1]
The main economical activity of Supatá is agriculture, particularly coffee, sugar cane, bananas and yuca.[1]