Cajicá

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Cajicá
Coordinates: 4 ° 55 '  N , 74 ° 2'  W
Map: Colombia
marker
Cajicá​
Cajicá on the map of Colombia
Colombia - Cundinamarca - Cajicá.svg
Location of the municipality of Cajicá on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
Residents 61,549  (2019)
City insignia
Flag of Cajicá (Cundinamarca) .svg
Escudo de Cajicá.svg
Detailed data
surface 51 km 2
Population density 1,207 inhabitants / km 2
height 2558  m
Waters Río Bogotá
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Orlando Díaz Canasto (2016-2019)
Website www.cajica.gov.co
Church in Cajicá
Church in Cajicá
Cajicá train station
Cajicá train station

Cajicá is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia , which for metropolitan Bogotá belongs.

geography

Cajicá is located in Cundinamarca, in the province of Sabana Centro , about 39 km from Bogotá at an altitude of 2558  m above sea level. NN and has an average temperature of 14 ° C. The municipality borders on Zipaquirá in the north, Chía in the south, Sopó and Tocancipá in the east and Tabio in the west .

population

The municipality of Cajicá has 61,549 inhabitants, of which 39,028 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Cajicá was with the arrival of the Spaniards from the indigenous people of the Muisca under the cacique inhabited Kajic and was surrounded by a high wall. The place was conquered by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada . There are many legends about Cajicá. In addition, Cajicá is one of the few communities in the region that was not officially founded by the Spanish. Cajicá received the status of a community in 1798.

economy

The main industries in Cajicá are agriculture , cattle production , industry and tourism .

Web links

Commons : Cajicá  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Plan integral único. (PDF; 1.2 MB) Alcaldía de Cajicá - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 13, 2019 (Spanish, information about Cajicá on the Cundinamarca website).
  2. ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on February 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
  3. ^ Tradición e historia a la memoria de Kajic. eltiempo.com , March 22, 1997, accessed February 13, 2019 (Spanish).