Carmen de Carupa is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality, located in the Ubaté-Chiquinquirá Valley on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense borders San Cayetano in the west, Tausa and Sutatausa in the south, Ubaté and Susa in the east and Simijaca and Buenavista and Coper (Boyacá) in the north.[2]

Carmen de Carupa
Municipality and town
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Carmen de Carupa Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°21′1″N 73°54′19″W
Country	Colombia
Departamento	Cundinamarca
Province	Ubaté Province
Founded	20 July 1808
Founded by	José Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura
Government
• Mayor	Alejandro Ortiz Puentes (2016-2019)
Area
• Municipality and town	228 km2 (88 sq mi)
• Urban	0.45 km2 (0.17 sq mi)
Elevation	2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Municipality and town	9,109
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
• Urban	2,374
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Time zone	UTC-5 (COT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (COT)
Website	Official website

History

The area around Carmen de Carupa was before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors inhabited by the Muisca. The cacique of Ubaté ruled over the territories of Carmen de Carupa. The western and northern neighbouring indigenous group of Carmen de Carupa was the Muzo.

Modern Carmen de Carupa was founded on July 20, 1808 by José Joaquín Urdaneta and Doña Ventura.[2]

Economy

Main economical activity in Carmen de Carupa is agriculture, predominantly potatoes.[2]

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