Lenguazaque

Lenguazaque is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Lenguazaque is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, part of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at a distance of from the capital Bogotá. It borders Guachetá in the north, Ubaté in the west, Cucunubá in the south and Villapinzón in the east.

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Settlement.name: Lenguazaque
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Lenguazaque centro.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Lenguazaque.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Lenguazaque.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Lenguazaque.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
Settlement.leader_name: Camilo Andrés Lara Gómez

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Population: 10268
Area: 153.6
Elevation: 2589
Official website: www.lenguazaque-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
Image: Lenguazaque.jpg

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Commons category: Lenguazaque
inception: 1537-01-01

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== History == In the time of the Muisca Confederation, before the Spanish conquest, Lenguazaque was ruled by the zaque of Hunza, currently known as Tunja, Boyacá. Modern Lenguazaque was founded by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada early on in his conquest of the central highlands of Colombia, on March 13, 1537.