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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Gachancipá
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|settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town
|image_skyline = Parque principal Gachancipá.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = Central square
|image_flag = Flag of Gachancipá.svg
|image_seal = Escudo de Gachancipá.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Gachancipá.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
|pushpin_map = Colombia
|pushpin_mapsize = 250
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[departments of Colombia|Department]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]]
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = [[Central Savanna Province]]
|leader_title = Mayor
|leader_name = José Joaquín Cubides Ariza<br><small>(2016-2019)</small>
|established_title = Founded
|established_date = 1 January 1612
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|area_total_km2 = 43.06
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|area_urban_km2 = 1.03
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|population_as_of = 2018 census
|population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25295/ Citypopulation.de]</ref>
|population_total = 17026
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|population_urban = 11252
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|coordinates = {{coord|4|59|27|N|73|52|23|W|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
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|elevation_m = 2568
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|website = [http://www.gachancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website]
|footnotes =
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'''Gachancipá''' is a municipality and town of [[Colombia]] in the [[Central Savanna Province]], part of the [[Departments of Colombia|department]] of [[Cundinamarca Department|Cundinamarca]]. The urban centre is located on the [[Altiplano Cundiboyacense]] at {{convert|42|km|mi}} from the capital [[Bogotá]]. The municipality borders [[Guatavita]] and [[Tocancipá]] in the south, [[Sesquilé]] and [[Guatavita]] in the east, [[Nemocón]] in the west and [[Suesca]] in the north.<ref name="websiteGachancipá">{{in lang|es}} [http://www.gachancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Gachancipá] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140310084830/http://www.gachancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml |date=2014-03-10 }}</ref>
== Etymology ==
The name Gachancipá comes from [[Chibcha language|Chibcha]] and means "Pottery of the ''zipa''".<ref name="websiteGachancipá"/>
== History ==
{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}▼
The area of Gachancipá before the [[Spanish conquest of the Muisca|Spanish conquest]] was inhabited by the [[Muisca people|Muisca]], organised in their loose [[Muisca Confederation]]. Gachancipá, as the name suggests, was ruled by the ''[[zipa]]'' based in [[Bogotá|Bacatá]].
Modern Gachancipá was founded on January 1, 1612 but the founders are unknown.<ref name="websiteGachancipá"/>
In the late 18th century [[List of Muisca scholars|Muisca scholar]] [[José Domingo Duquesne]] was based in Gachancipá. A school in the town is named after him.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.gachancipa-cundinamarca.gov.co/Proyectos_Registrados.shtml?apc=gixxEducaci%F3n1-&x=1997265 School named after Duquesne in Gachancipá]</ref>
[[Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca]]▼
[[Category:Populated places in the Cundinamarca Department]]▼
== Economy ==
The economy of Gachancipá traditionally was centered around [[agriculture]] and [[livestock]] farming. In recent years flowers are cultivated in the municipality.<ref name="websiteGachancipá"/>
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Iglesia San Bartoleme Apostol.jpg|Church of Gachancipá
File:IglesiadeGanchancipá.jpg|Church
File:La Gacha.JPG|Monument to the indigenous people
</gallery>
== References ==
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{{commons category|Gachancipá}}
▲{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gachancipa}}
▲[[Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department]]
[[Category:1612 establishments in the Spanish Empire]]
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