Facatativá is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca Department, located about 28 miles (42 km) northwest of Bogotá, Colombia and 2,586 meters above sea level. Its name means “Enclosured at the end of plain” in Chibcha language. It has an industrial infrastructure for the region development and is projected as an appropriated city for new investors in Cundinamarca.The climate depends from the latitude and the altitude. It has two dry seasons: one from July and September and other in December and February. It also has two raining seasons: March and June, and September and December. The average temperature is 13ºC.The word Facatativá has its roots on the indigenous Chibcha language spoken by the Muisca people. It has had different translations. Facatativa’s most important building is the Cathedral located on the Simon Bolivar Plaza in downtown Facatativá.On July 20, 1911 an obelisk was inaugurated at the “Plaza of the Republic” known today as Santander Park as a way to honor the independence heroes killed there on August 31, 1816. By the time Facatativá had become a gate for to the New Kingdom of Granada and it was also a place for the trading of produce from warmer and colder climates.Panamericana: It connects Facatativa with Santa Fé de Bogotá and Madrid Mosquera, Funza, Albán, Guayabal de Siquica, Villeta, Guaduas municipalities and the northern departments.