Guayabal de Síquima also known as "The Golden Gate of the Central Magdalena" is a municipality and town of Colombia

Colombia

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 in the department

Departments of Colombia

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 of Cundinamarca

Cundinamarca Department

- Origin of the name :The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur marqa, an indigenous expression, probably derived from Quechua. Meaning "Condor's Nest", it was used in pre-Columbian times by the natives of the Magdalena Valley to refer to the nearby highlands....

 located in the Central Magdalena Province 69 km from Bogotá

Bogotá

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The principal town is located at 4°52’52” North and 74°28’10” West, in zone called Western Zone of the Eastern Mountains, which is characterized by sinuous mountains.

Guayabal de Síquima is bordered on the northeast by the municipality of Villeta

Villeta

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, on the west by the municipality of Bituima

Bituima

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, on the north by Albán

Albán

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 and on the south by Anolaima

Anolaima

Anolaima is a municipality and township of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located in the providence of Tequendama at West from Bogotá in between the cities of Facatativá and La Mesa....

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History

Guayabal de Síquima was founded in 1721 with the assignation of the Father Luis Calvo Vasallo as parish priest of the town. He began 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 into 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, meaning refuge or defense, and Manoa in memory of an ancient "cacique" of the region.