The municipality borders Bituima and Vianí in the north, Jerusalén and Anapoima in the south, Anolaima, Cachipay and La Mesa in the east and San Juan de Rioseco and Pulí in the west.

The urban centre is located at an altitude of 2,012 metres (6,601 ft) at a distance of 83 kilometres (52 mi) from the capital Bogotá.

They were submitted to the Spanish rule of the New Kingdom of Granada in the Battle of Tocarema, which took place on August 20, 1538.

[1] Quipile is an agrarian community with main products coffee, sugarcane and bananas cultivated.

[1] In 1956, fossil remains of Megatherium and Mastodon; Pleistocene megafauna dated at 460,000 years BP, were discovered within the boundaries of Quipile.