Quipile is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Tequendama Province of the department of Cundinamarca. The municipality borders Bituima and Vianàin the north, Jerusalén and Anapoima in the south, Anolaima, Cachipay and La Mesa in the east and San Juan de Rioseco and Pulàin the west. The urban centre is located at an altitude of at a distance of from the capital Bogotá.
The name Quipile comes from the Cariban language of the Panche and means "strong and superior place". It is derived from Quipili, the name of the cacique of the Panche.
In the time before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Quipile was inhabited by the Panche. 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.
The date and name of the founder is unknown but traditionally set at November 12, 1825 by José MarÃÂa Lozano.
Quipile is an agrarian community with main products coffee, sugarcane and bananas cultivated.
In 1956, fossil remains of Megatherium and Mastodon; Pleistocene megafauna dated at 460,000 years BP, were discovered within the boundaries of Quipile.