Cota, Cundinamarca

Cota Gota
Municipality and town
Baptistery, Cota Baptistery, Cota
Official seal of Cota Seal
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Cota Location in Colombia
Coordinates:
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Central Savanna Province
Founded	29 November 1604
Founded by	Diego Gómez de Mena
Government
• Mayor	Carlos Julio Moreno Gomez (2016-2019)
Area
• Municipality and town	55 km2 (21 sq mi)
• Urban	1.3 km2 (0.5 sq mi)
Elevation	2,566 m (8,419 ft)
Population (2015)
• Municipality and town	24,916
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Urban	14,354
Time zone	Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)
Website	Official website

Cota is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Central Savanna Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Cota is part of the metropolitan area of Colombian capital Bogotá which centre is 26 kilometres (16 mi) away. The urban centre of Cota is located at an altitude of 2,566 metres (8,419 ft) and the municipality borders Chía in the north, Funza in the south, Suba, part of Bogotá in the east and Tenjo in the west.

History

In the time before the Spanish conquest, the Bogotá savanna was inhabited by the Muisca people, organized in the southern Muisca Confederation. The ruler of Bacatá (zipa) controlled Cota. The Muisca called the town Gota, which is either a personal name of derived from cota; "curl". Cota still has a surviving Muisca population.

Modern Cota was founded on November 29, 1604 by Diego Gómez de Mena.

In 2010 a baptistery of the Church of God Ministry of Jesus Christ International was built in Cota.

Economy

Cota has a small economy mainly based on agriculture; cabbage and lettuce.

x200px

School in Cota