Lenguazaque | |
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Municipality and town | |
Coordinates: 5°18′25″N 73°42′22″W / 5.30694°N 73.70611°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cundinamarca |
Province | Ubaté Province |
Founded | 13 March 1537 |
Founded by | Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada |
Government | |
• Mayor | Camilo Andrés Lara Gómez (2016-2019) |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 153.6 km2 (59.3 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,589 m (8,494 ft) |
Population (2015) | |
• Municipality and town | 10,268 |
• Density | 67/km2 (170/sq mi) |
• Urban | 2,282 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Website | Official website |
Lenguazaque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Lenguazaque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at a distance of 116 kilometres (72 mi) from the capital Bogotá.[1] It borders Guachetá in the north, Ubaté in the west, Cucunubá in the south and Villapinzón in the east.