Sesquilé

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Sesquilé is a municipality in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia, located in the Andean highlands northeast of Bogotá and known for its proximity to Lake Tominé and the legendary Lake Guatavita region.

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Sesquilé canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
municipality
borderedBy Chocontá
Gachetá
Guatavita
Machetá
Sopó
Tibirita
Tocancipá
country Colombia
countrySubdivision Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2600 metres
governedBy Mayor of Sesquilé
hasClimate cool highland climate
hasCulturalHeritage Muisca indigenous legacy
hasDemonym Sesquileño
hasDepartmentCapital Bogotá
hasDepartmentCode 25 (Cundinamarca)
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
cattle ranching
handicrafts
tourism
hasMunicipalSeat Sesquilé urban center
hasNearbyWaterBody Guatavita
surface form: Lake Guatavita

Tominé Reservoir
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasPostalCode 251440
hasPrimaryReligion Roman Catholicism
hasRegion Andean Region of Colombia
hasSubdivisionType municipality and town
hasTouristAttraction access routes toward Lake Guatavita
viewpoints over Tominé Reservoir
hasTransportConnection road link to Bogotá
isInCountrySubdivision Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
isPartOfGeographicalRegion Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes
knownFor association with El Dorado legend region
proximity to Lake Guatavita
proximity to Lake Tominé
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cundinamarca region
surface form: Cundinamarca Department
locatedInCountry Colombia
locatedInRegion Andean highlands
locatedInTimeZone America/Bogota
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
locatedNear Guatavita
surface form: Lake Guatavita

Lake Tominé
locatedNortheastOf Bogotá
locatedOnContinent South America
partOf Alto Guavio Province
utcOffset UTC−5

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