Tibacuy | |
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: | Sumapaz Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Eduar Javier Serrano Orjuela (2016–2019) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 17 February 1592 |
Founder: | Bernardino de Albornoz |
Area Total Km2: | 84.4 |
Area Urban Km2: | 0.25 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 4828 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 523 |
Coordinates: | 4.3472°N -74.4525°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1647 |
Website: | Official website |
Tibacuy is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca, in Sumapaz Province. Tibacuy is situated south of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at 87km (54miles) southeast of the capital Bogotá.[1]
In the Chibcha language of the Muisca and Panche, Tibacuy means "official chief".[1]
The area of Tibacuy was inhabited by the Muisca and the Panche with the Sutagao living to the southeast. The present town centre is situated at a lower altitude than the original indigenous village. Modern Tibacuy was founded between 13th and 17th of February 1592 by Bernardino de Albornoz.[1]
Main economical activity of Tibacuy is agriculture, predominantly coffee, bananas, tomatoes and blackberries.
In Cumaca, rural part of Tibacuy, petroglyphs have been found.[1]