Guachetá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Ubaté Province of the department of Cundinamarca.

The Spanish army leader Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada founded Guachetá on March 12, 1537, and initially called it San Gregorio because of the date.

[1] One of the many stories of the mythology of the Muisca is the myth of the virgin maid of Guachetá.

The daughter of the cacique allegedly became pregnant through the forces of the Sun, represented in the Muisca religion by Sué.

[2] The main economical activities of Guachetá are agriculture, particularly potatoes, maize, peas and beans,[1] along with coal mining and dairy production.