Carmen de Carupa

Municipality and town in Cundinamarca, Colombia

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5°21′1″N 73°54′19″W / 5.35028°N 73.90528°W / 5.35028; -73.90528Country

ColombiaDepartamento

CundinamarcaProvinceUbaté ProvinceFounded20 July 1808Founded byJosé Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña VenturaGovernment

• MayorAlejandro Ortiz Puentes
(2016-2019)Area

• Municipality and town228 km² (88 sq mi) • Urban

0.45 km² (0.17 sq mi)Elevation

2,600 m (8,500 ft)Population

(2015)

• Municipality and town9,109 • Density40/km² (100/sq mi) • Urban

2,374 ^[1]Time zoneUTC-5 (COT) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (COT)WebsiteOfficial website

Carmen de Carupa is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality, located in the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense borders San Cayetano in the west, Tausa and Sutatausa in the south, Ubaté and Susa in the east and Simijaca and Buenavista and Coper (Boyacá) in the north.^[2]

History

The area around Carmen de Carupa was before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors inhabited by the Muisca. The cacique of Ubaté ruled over the territories of Carmen de Carupa. The western and northern neighbouring indigenous group of Carmen de Carupa was the Muzo.

Modern Carmen de Carupa was founded on July 20, 1808 by José Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura.^[2]

Economy

Main economical activity in Carmen de Carupa is agriculture, predominantly potatoes.^[2]

References

^ "Population of Carmen de Carupa" (PDF). 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c (in Spanish) Official website Carmen de Carupa^{[permanent dead link]}