| Gama | |
| 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: | Guavio Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Ernesto Avelino Ruiz |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 8 May 1903 |
| Founder: | Juan Martín Romero |
| Area Total Km2: | 108 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 15 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 3996 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 841 |
| Coordinates: | 4.7628°N -73.6108°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 2180 |
Gama is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Guavio Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Gama is situated at an altitude of 2180m (7,150feet) in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. Gama, at 118km (73miles) from the capital Bogotá, borders Gachetá in the north, Junín and Gachalá in the south, Ubalá in the east and Junín in the west.[1]
Gama is derived either from Muysccubun meaning "our back", or from the language of the local Chío tribe; "behind the licked hill", referring to the lake of Guatavita behind the mountains to the northwest.[1]
Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Gama was inhabited by a tribe called the Chío. The first registration of the village was made in 1846, when the church in Ubalá was constructed. Gama was properly founded not earlier than 1903, by Juan Martín Romero.[1]
Main economical activity in Gama is agriculture, with predominantly potatoes, beans, peas and maize cultivated. Other products include yuca, bananas, pineapples and coffee.[1]