| Quetame | |
| 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: | Eastern Province |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Elizabeth Sabogal Velásquez (2024–2027) |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Established Date: | 26 June 1826 |
| Founder: | Josè Joaquin Guarín |
| Area Total Km2: | 138.47 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 0.29 |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 7141 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 1609 |
| Coordinates: | 4.3303°N -73.8628°W |
| Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Elevation M: | 1496 |
| Website: | Official website |
Quetame is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Eastern Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre of Quetame is located at 62km (39miles) from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of 1496m (4,908feet). The municipality borders Fómeque in the north, Fosca and Cáqueza in the west, the department of Meta in the east and in the south with Guayabetal.[1]
The name Quetame comes from Chibcha and means "Our farmfields on the mountains".[1]
In the times before the Spanish conquest, Quetame was inhabited by the Muisca. Quetame was loyal to the cacique of Ubaque.[1]
Modern Quetame was founded on June 26, 1826 by Josè Joaquin Guarín.[1]
Main economical activity of Quetame is agriculture with products beans, sagú, maize, peas, arracacha and others.[1]
On May 24, 2008, there was a magnitude 5.5 earthquake with its epicentre in Quetame that caused at least 3 deaths and destroyed 40% of the buildings in the village. The tremor was also felt in Bogotá and Villavicencio.[2] [3]