Sesquilé | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Almeidas Province |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 12 October 1600 |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Nelson Uriel Robayo López (2016-2019) |
Area Total Km2: | 141 |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 13936 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 3468 |
Coordinates: | 5.0453°N -73.7972°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2595 |
Website: | Official website |
Sesquilé is a town and municipality in Almeidas Province in the department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. Sesquilé in the Chibcha language of the Muisca means "hot water".[2]
Sesquilé is adjacent to Tominé Reservoir and nearby Lake Guatavita, the suspected site of the El Dorado legend.