Machetá
Machetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in Almeidas Province of the department of Cundinamarca. Machetá is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at from the capital Bogotá and from Tunja. It borders Tibiritá and Manta in the east, Chocontá and Sesquilé in the west and Guatavita and Gachetá in the south. Etymology. In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Machetá means "Your honourable farmfields". History. Machetá in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their Muisca Confederation. Machetá was ruled by the "zaque" based in Hunza, currently known as the capital of  Boyacá Department Tunja. Modern Machetá was founded in 1593 by Miguel de Ibarra after a soldier of the army of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada first established the town in 1540. Economy. Main economical activity of Machetá is agriculture with products as papa criolla, arracacha, peas and tomatoes.