Machetá

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Machetá
Municipality and town
View of Machetá
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Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Machetá Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°4′48.78″N 73°36′26.91″W / 5.0802167°N 73.6074750°W / 5.0802167; -73.6074750
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Almeidas Province
Founded	1593
Founded by	Miguel de Ibarra
Government
• Mayor	Rafael Mauricio Forero Briceño (2016-2019)
Area
• Municipality and town	229.35 km2 (88.55 sq mi)
• Urban	5.35 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Elevation	2,094 m (6,870 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Municipality and town	6,316
• Density	28/km2 (71/sq mi)
• Urban	1,498
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website	Official website

Machetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Machetá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at 82.6 kilometres (51.3 mi) from the capital Bogotá and 74.3 kilometres (46.2 mi) from Tunja. It borders Tibiritá and Manta in the east, Chocontá and Sesquilé in the west and Guatavita and Gachetá in the south.^[1]

In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Machetá means "Your honourable farmfields".^[1][2]

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Machetá in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their Muisca Confederation. Machetá was ruled by the zaque based in Hunza, currently known as the capital of Boyacá Department Tunja.

Modern Machetá was founded in 1593 by Miguel de Ibarra after a soldier of the army of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada first established the town in 1540.^[2]

Main economical activity of Machetá is agriculture with products as papa criolla, arracacha, peas and tomatoes.^[1]

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