History of Ubaque

"The Chibcha before the Spanish Conquest," Ubaque, formed Vba, blood and Quye stick and subsequently called Ubaque, according to Acosta Ortegón "Ubaque" means forest skirt derived from a shrub that grows in it and has red sap.

In the year of 1594 when he visited the region Oidor Miguel de Ibarra were 3 shacks Ubaque, and Santa Ana Quescabita which came to form one with the first name.

In the pre-colonial period their chief was the "third" in the succession of zipazgo Bacatá. In Ubaque Tisquesusa lived, the last of the Zipas. Today you can see traces of the Muisca culture, using the Chibcha language pictographs, pottery, jewelry and monuments. It was Indian oratory and meeting place in the Laguna Sagrada Ubaque, which ended the annual tournament "run the earth." He was head of the territory of Eastern Cundinamarca, depended Ubaque other municipalities.

The tribe characterized by the courage of their chief was founded by the Spanish priest CUSTODIO LESACA in the year 1651. It has a Great Temple Religious, resembling a beautiful Cathedral, built in honor of Our Lady of Bethlehem, considered the Patroness of Eastern Religious Cundinamarca, and that according to legend is on a lake or water nacedero, such construction is owed to LEON MARIA JESUS ​​Pastor, whose work led Luis A. Espinel as recorded on a plaque erected on 07 August 1964.

For its religious, social and cultural tradition, belongs to the area of ​​indigenous boyacense CUNDI Mestizo and Spanish with no great development of domestic agriculture tech.

Its topography is typically mountainous, standing out as the main orographic Guayacundo hills and Guinto. In its hydrographic aspect has its own water source called Palmar River, which rises (Páramo de Cruz Verde) and dies (Black River) on the border with the neighboring municipality of Fómeque.

Ubaque has rich biodiversity. There