The municipality name apparently comes from
a shrub, very common red wise in the area, which in Spanish means Ybaquye tree
red blood or blood tree, however, another version states that the name comes
from the word Ebaque. The area today is erected the town of Ubaque was
inhabited by the Chibcha Indians who inhabited the eastern center of the
department of Cundinamarca industry, this area was ruled by Chief Ibaque which
means forest skirt or skirt covered with forest, ancestral home Muisca culture
of civilization whose language was the Chibcha language with deep connotations,
Historian Vicente Restrepo in his book
