{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Cogua |nickname = current city of pure water |image_flag = Flag of Cogua (Cundinamarca).svg |image_skyline = Cogua.jpg |image_caption = Central square of Cogua |image_size = 300px |image_seal = Escudocogua.jpg |image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Cogua.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of Cogua in the Cundinamarca Department. |pushpin_map = Colombia |pushpin_mapsize = 300 |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} |subdivision_type1 = Departamento |subdivision_name1 = Cundinamarca |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Central Savanna Province |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = William Dario Forero Forero<br><small>(2016-2019)</small> |established_title = Founded |established_date = 23 August 1604 |founder = Lorenzo de Terrones |area_magnitude = |area_total_km2 = 113 |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_km2 = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_km2 = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = 14 |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |population_as_of = 2015 |population_note = |population_total = 22361 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = 7736 |population_demonym = Coguan |timezone = |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|5|3|19|N|74|1|17|W|region:CO|display=inline}} |elevation_m = 2600 |elevation_ft = |area_code = 1 |website = [http://www.cogua-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website] |footnotes = [http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/resultados_am_municipios.pdf Censo DANE 2005] }}
'''Cogua''' ({{IPA|es|ˈkoɣwa}}) is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is situated on northern part of the Bogotá savanna with the urban centre at an altitude of {{convert|2600|m|ft}} at {{convert|50|km|mi}} from the capital Bogotá. Cogua borders Tausa in the north, Nemocón in the east, Pacho in the west and Zipaquirá in the south.<ref name=websiteCogua>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.cogua-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Cogua] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150520064443/http://www.cogua-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml |date=2015-05-20 }}</ref>
== Etymology == The name Cogua is derived from Chibcha and means "Support of the hill".<ref name=websiteCogua/>
== History == Cogua in the times before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca who lived on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and had established an advanced civilization. Cogua is located between two important sources of salt in the Muisca economy; Zipaquirá and Nemocón.
Modern Cogua was founded on August 23, 1604 by Lorenzo de Terrones.<ref name=websiteCogua/>
== Economy == Main economical activities of Cogua are agriculture and livestock farming.<ref name=websiteCogua/> The Neusa Reservoir is located within the boundaries of Cogua.
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== Gallery == {{panorama | | image = File:Parneusa.JPG | height = 200 | caption = {{center|Panorama of the Neusa Reservoir, Cogua}} }} <gallery> File:CoguaNoche2014.JPG|Church of Cogua </gallery>
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== External links == {{commonscat|Cogua}} * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/co-cunco.html FOTW: Flag and Seal of Cogua]
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Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Category:Populated places established in 1604 Category:1604 establishments in the Spanish Empire