Sesquilé

Municipality and town in Cundinamarca, Colombia

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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia

5°2′43″N 73°47′50″W / 5.04528°N 73.79722°W / 5.04528; -73.79722Country

ColombiaDepartment

CundinamarcaProvinceAlmeidas ProvinceFounded12 October 1600Government

• MayorNelson Uriel Robayo López
(2016-2019)Area

• Municipality and town141 km² (54 sq mi)Elevation

2,595 m (8,514 ft)Population

(2015)^[1]

• Municipality and town13,936 • Density99/km² (260/sq mi) • Urban

3,468Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)WebsiteOfficial website

Sesquilé is a town and municipality in Almeidas Province in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sesquilé in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "hot water".^[2]

Sesquilé is adjacent to Tominé Reservoir and nearby Lake Guatavita, the suspected site of the El Dorado legend.

Gallery

The Muisca raft represents the legend of El Dorado
Las Tres Viejas (left) and Cerro de Covandonga (right)
Lake Guatavita

Cathedral of Sesquilé
Cathedral
Cathedral
Colonial chapel

References

^ (in Spanish) DANE, population Sesquilé
^ (in Spanish) Official website Sesquilé - accessed 06-05-2016

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sesquilé.

Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department

Almeidas Province

Upper Magdalena Province

Lower Magdalena Province

Gualivá Province

Guavio Province

Central Magdalena Province

Medina Province

Eastern Province

Rionegro Province

Central Savanna Province

Western Savanna Province

Metropolitan Area of Bogotá

Bogotá, Capital District

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Coltan	Inírida Vaupés Vichada
Emeralds	Muzo Briceño Coper Maripí La Pita Muzo Muzo Otanche Pauna Quípama Las Pavas San Pablo de Borbur Coscuez Yacopí Chivor Chivor Chivor Gachalá Guateque Macanal Somondoco Ubalá
Coal	Agustín Codazzi Barrancas Cerrejón Becerril Chiriguaná Cucunubá Cúcuta Guachetá Hatonuevo La Jagua de Ibirico El Paso La Francia Puerto Libertador Samacá Sardinata
Salt	Zipaquirá Zipaquirá mine Nemocón Nemocón mine Manaure Restrepo Upín Santa Catalina Sesquilé
Sources	Gold • Silver • Platinum • Nickel • Coltan • Emeralds • Coal • Salt
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Muisca

Topics

General	Agriculture Architecture Art Astronomy Calendar Cuisine Economy Mummification Music Muysccubun Mythology Numerals Religion Society Toponyms Warfare Women
Specific	Battle of Pasca (~1470) Battle of Chocontá (~1490) Chicha Duit Emeralds Muisca raft Ruana Tejo Tunjo Zoratama
The Salt People	Zipaquirá Nemocón Tausa Sesquilé

Geography and history

Altiplano
Cundiboyacense

Bogotá River
- Frío
- Fucha
- Juan Amarillo
- Soacha
- Teusacá
- Torca
- Tunjuelo
Bogotá savanna
- Suba Hills
- Wetlands
Eastern Hills
Flora & fauna
Suárez River
Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley

Neighbouring areas

History

Prehistory (<10,000 BP)	Lake Humboldt El Abra Tibitó Sueva Tequendama
Lithic (10,000 - 2800 BP)	Piedras del Tunjo Checua Galindo Nemocón Sáchica Aguazuque Lake Herrera El Infiernito
Ceramic (>800 BC)	Herrera (800 BC - 800) Early Muisca (800 - 1200) Muisca Confederation (~1450 - 1540) Cabildo Mayor (>2002)

Religion and mythology

Deities

Sacred sites

Built	Sun Temple Moon Temple Cojines del Zaque Goranchacha Temple Hunzahúa Well
Natural	Fúquene Guasca Guatavita Iguaque Siecha Suesca Tota Ubaque Tequendama Falls

Mythology

Myths	El Dorado Monster of Lake Tota
Mythological figures	Goranchacha Idacansás Pacanchique Thomagata

Caciques and neighbours

Northern caciques

zaque of Hunza	Hunzahúa Michuá Quemuenchatocha Aquiminzaque
iraca of Suamox	Nompanim Sugamuxi
cacique of Tundama	Tundama

Southern caciques

zipa of Bacatá	Meicuchuca Saguamanchica Nemequene Tisquesusa Sagipa
cacique of Turmequé	Diego de Torres y Moyachoque

Neighbours

Chibcha-speaking	U'wa Sutagao Guane Lache
Arawak-speaking	Achagua Tegua Guayupe
Cariban-speaking	Panche Muzo Yarigui

Spanish conquest

Conquistadors

Major	Gonzalo de Quesada Hernán de Quesada Baltasar Maldonado Gonzalo Suárez Rendón Juan de Céspedes Juan de San Martín
Minor	Antonio Díaz de Cardoso Antonio de Lebrija Bartolomé Camacho Zambrano Gonzalo García Zorro Gonzalo Macías Hernán Venegas Carrillo Juan de Albarracín Juan del Junco Juan Tafur Lázaro Fonte Luis Lanchero Martín Galeano Martín Yañéz Tafur Miguel Holguín y Figueroa Ortún Velázquez de Velasco Pedro Fernández de Valenzuela Pedro Ruíz Corredor

Neighbouring conquests

Research and collections

Scholars	Acosta Acosta Samper De Aguado Arango Broadbent De Castellanos Celis Correal Duquesne Freyle Friede Gamboa Groot Hammen Humboldt Izquierdo Langebaek De Lugo Ocampo De Piedrahita De Quesada Reichel-Dolmatoff Schrimpff Simón Triana Uricoechea Zerda
Publications	Elegías (1589) El Carnero (1638) Epítome (1889)
Research institutes	ICANH Universidad Nacional Universidad de los Andes Universidad La Javeriana University of Pittsburgh UPTC
Collections	Museo del Oro Archaeology Museum of Sogamoso Archaeology Museum of Pasca Metropolitan Museum of Art