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Fúquene

Fúquene is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Ubaté, Susa, Guachetá and the department of Boyacá. Fúquene is located 116 km northwest from the capital Bogotá.

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Settlement.name: Fúquene
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Fúquene parque.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Park in Fúquene
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Fúquene.svg
Settlement.image_seal: ESCUDOFUQUENE.JPG
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Fúquene.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ubaté Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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History
Etymology
Economy
Climate
References

== History == Fúquene, in the north of the present department of Cundinamarca, was in the centuries before the Spanish conquest inhabited by the Muisca. The village was located in the border region of the northern Muisca territories, ruled by the zaque of Hunza, the southern Muisca area with the zipa based in Bacatá and the independent territories in the northwest. A lake within the boundaries of Fúquene, Lake Fúquene was considered a sacred site in the religion of the Muisca.