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Also known as Ubate

Ubaté (originally Villa San Diego de Ubaté) is a town and municipality in the Ubaté Province, part of Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Ubaté is the capital of the province with the same name and situated in the Ubaté–Chiquinquirá Valley of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The urban centre is located at an altitude of and from the capital Bogotá. The province borders the department of Boyacá in the north, the Rionegro Province in the west, the Central Savanna Province in the south and in the east and southeast the Almeidas Province.

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Ubaté
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Municipality and town
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Ubate 065.jpg
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View of Ubaté
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Flag of Ubaté (Cundinamarca).svg
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Escudo de Ubaté.svg
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Colombia - Cundinamarca - Ubaté.svg
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250px
Settlement.map_caption
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
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Cundinamarca
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Province
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Ubaté Province
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Mayor

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Population
39568
Area
102
Elevation
2556
Image
Ubate 065.jpg
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Ubaté
inception
1592-01-01
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Ubaté (originally Villa San Diego de Ubaté) is a town and municipality in the Ubaté Province, part of Cundinamarca Department, Colombia. Ubaté is the capital of the province with the same name and situated in the Ubaté–Chiquinquirá Valley of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. The urban centre is located at an altitude of and from the capital Bogotá. The province borders the department of Boyacá in the north, the Rionegro Province in the west, the Central Savanna Province in the south and in the east and southeast the Almeidas Province.

== Etymology == The name Ubaté comes from the native name "Ebate" meaning "Bloodied land" or "Sower of the mouth".

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