Une is a
municipality and
town of
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
in the
Eastern Province, part of the
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Cundinamarca. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city of Colombia, and one of the larges ...
. The municipality borders
Chipaque in the north,
Cáqueza and
Fosca in the east, Fosca and
Gutiérrez in the south and Bogotá in the west.
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Etymology
The name Une is derived from Chibcha and means "Drop it" or "mud".[Official website Une]
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- Muysccubun Dictionary
Geology and geography
Une is situated in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. In the municipality outcrops the Une Formation
The Une Formation ( es, Formación Une, Kiu) is a geological formation of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The predominantly sandstone formation dates to the Middle Cretaceous period; Albian to Cenomanian ...
, a marine
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Marine or marines may refer to:
Ocean
* Maritime (disambiguation)
* Marine art
* Marine biology
* Marine debris
* Marine habitats
* Marine life
* Marine pollution
Military
* ...
quartz-rich sandstone, an important oil-bearing formation of Colombia.Une Formation
- ANH
History
Une in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca.
Modern Une was founded on February 23, 1538 by Diego Romero de Aguilar.[
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Economy
Main economical activities of Une are agriculture and livestock farming. Important agricultural products cultivated are potatoes, onions, carrot
The carrot ('' Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', nat ...
s, peas and .[
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References
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Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Populated places established in 1538
1538 establishments in the Spanish Empire
1538 disestablishments in the Muisca Confederation
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