Fúquene
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Fúquene is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Ubaté, Susa, Guachetá and the department of Boyacá. Fúquene is located 116 km northwest from the capital Bogotá.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Fúquene
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Fúquene parque.JPG
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- Park in Fúquene
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- Flag of Fúquene.svg
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- ESCUDOFUQUENE.JPG
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- Colombia - Cundinamarca - Fúquene.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
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- Cundinamarca
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- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ubaté Province
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- Mayor
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 90
- Elevation
- 2750
- Official website
- www.fuquene-cundinamarca.gov.co
- Image
- Fúquene parque.JPG
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- Fúquene
- inception
- 1638-01-01
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Fúquene is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Ubaté, Susa, Guachetá and the department of Boyacá. Fúquene is located 116 km northwest from the capital Bogotá.
== History == Fúquene, in the north of the present department of Cundinamarca, was in the centuries before the Spanish conquest inhabited by the Muisca. The village was located in the border region of the northern Muisca territories, ruled by the zaque of Hunza, the southern Muisca area with the zipa based in Bacatá and the independent territories in the northwest. A lake within the boundaries of Fúquene, Lake Fúquene was considered a sacred site in the religion of the Muisca.
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