[1] Fúquene, in the north of the present department of Cundinamarca, was in the centuries before the Spanish conquest inhabited by the Muisca.

The village was located in the border region of the northern Muisca territories, ruled by the zaque of Hunza, the southern Muisca area with the zipa based in Bacatá and the independent territories in the northwest.

[2] With the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores many indigenous people fled to an island in Lake Fúquene.

[1] Modern Fúquene was first established by one of the few female founders in 1542, Teresa de Verdugo.

[1] The name Fúquene is either derived from the Chibcha words fú and quyny, meaning "bed of the fox", or named after the god Fu, who inhabited the lake defending the terrain against the Muzo; "bed of Fu".