Carmen de Carupa

Carmen de Carupa
Municipality and town
Flag of Carmen de Carupa
Official seal of Carmen de Carupa
Carmen de Carupa is located in Colombia
Carmen de Carupa
Carmen de Carupa
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°21′1″N 73°54′19″W / 5.35028°N 73.90528°W / 5.35028; -73.90528
Country Colombia
Departamento Cundinamarca
ProvinceUbaté Province
Founded20 July 1808
Founded byJosé Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura
Government
 • 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]

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