Ubalá is a municipality and town of

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in the

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of Cundinamarca. It is located in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It is the only municipality of Cundinamarca that is split in two parts.

Climate

Etymology

In the

Chibcha language Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/), or Muysca de Bogotá, was a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of the many Indigenous peoples in Colombia, indigenous List of pre-Columbian cultures, cultures of ...

of the Muisca, Ubalá means "Place on the hillside" or "At the foot of the hillside".Etymology Ubalá
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History

The region west to Ubalá was inhabited by the Muisca before the Spanish

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es entered the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. To the east of Ubalá the indigenous Tegua were living and to the south the Guayupe. Ubalá was properly founded on October 23rd, 1846 by Ospina Rodríguez.

Economy

Main economical activity of Ubalá is mining, predominantly

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, sandstones, clay and salt.

Gallery

File:Ubala.JPG, Church view File:Ubala2015.jpg, Church close-up File:Minahierroubala.jpg, Mining iron ore File:LagunaVerde.jpg, ''Laguna Verde'' File:Laguna Azul Ubala.JPG, Rural part of Ubalá File:Embalse del Guavio (2).JPG, Guavio artificial lake File:Guavio.JPG, Guavio river File:Represa del Guavio 1.jpg, Guavio lake File:Guaviio.JPG, Edge of Guavio lake

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ubala Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Populated places established in 1846 Muisca Confederation Muysccubun