Guayabal de Síquima

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Location of the town and municipality of Guayabal de Siquima in Cundinamarca Department.

Guayabal de Síquima also known as "The Golden Gate of the Central Magdalena" is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca located in the Central Magdalena Province at 69 Km of Bogotá.

The principal Town is located at 4°52’52” North and 74°28’10” West, there is ina zone called Western Zone of the Eastern Mountains, which is caracterized for their sinuous mountains.

Guayabal de Síquima limits by the NorthEast with the municipality of Villeta, by the west with the municipality of Bituima, for the north with Alban and by the south Anolaima

History

Guayabal de Síquima was founded in 1721 with the assignation of the Father Luis Calvo Vasallo like parish priest of the town. This way begins the construction of 22 houses of Bareque and 5 of mud wall stepped around the Principal Park.

In the year of 1739 Guayabal de Síquima was divided in four big zones CHINIATA named in honour of an ancient Indian leader or Cacique, EL TRIGO (THE WHEAT) being this region where this grain was cultivated for the first time; RESGUARDO in memory of which the natives called "Muizane", that means refuge or defense, and MANOA in memory of an ancient "cacique" of the region

v • d • e Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department

Almeidas Province	Chocontá • Machetá • Manta • Sesquilé • Suesca • Tibiritá • Villapinzón

Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios • Girardot • Guataqui • Jerusalen • Nariño • Nilo • Ricaurte • Tocaima

Lower Magdalena Province	Caparrapí • Guaduas • Puerto Salgar

Gualivá Province	Albán • La Peña • La Vega • Nimaima • Nocaima • Quebradanegra • San Francisco • Sasaima • Supatá • Útica • Vergara • Villeta

Guavio Province	Gachala • Gacheta • Gama • Guasca • Guatavita • Junín • La Calera • Ubalá

Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán • Bituima • Chaguani • Guayabal de Síquima • Puli • San Juan Rioseco • Viani

Medina Province	Medina • Paratebueno

Eastern Province	Caqueza • Chipaque • Choachí • Fomeque • Fosca • Guayabetal • Gutierrez • Quetame • Ubaque • Une

Rionegro Province	El Peñón • La Palma • Pacho • Paime • San Cayetano • Topaipí • Villagómez • Yacopí

Central Savanna Province	Cajicá • Chía • Cogua • Cota • Gachancipá • Nemocón • Sopó • Tabio • Tenjo • Tocancipá • Zipaquirá

Western Savanna Province	Bojacá • El Rosal • Facatativá • Funza • Madrid • Mosquera • Subachoque • Zipacón

Soacha Province	Sibaté • Soacha

Sumapaz Province	Arbeláez • Cabrera • Fusagasugá • Granada • Pandi • Pasca • San Bernardo • Silvania • Tibacuy • Venecia

Tequendama Province	Anapoima • Anolaima • Apulo • Cachipay • El Colegio • La Mesa • Quipile • San Antonio del Tequendama • Tena • Viotá

Ubaté Province	Cucunubá • Fúquene • Guachetá • Lenguazaque • Simijacá • Susa • Sutatausa • Tausa • Ubaté

Metropolitan Area of Bogotá	Bogotá, Capital District

See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca