Ubalá is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. It is the only municipality of Cundinamarca that is split in two parts.

In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Ubalá means "Place on the hillside" or "At the foot of the hillside".

The region west to Ubalá was inhabited by the Muisca before the Spanish conquistadores entered the Altiplano Cundiboyacense. To the east of Ubalá the indigenous Tegua were living and to the south the Guayupe.

Ubalá was properly founded on October 23, 1846 by Ospina Rodríguez.

The municipality of Ubalá is the only one in the department that is geographically divided into two zones and each has municipal inspections, which in turn have villages:

Ubalá A (western) It is characterized by being very mountainous and being on the northern shore of the Guavio Reservoir and has the following inspections:

1) Central: made up of the following villages: El Carmelo, Las Mercedes, Sagrado Corazón (which is the municipal urban area), San Antonio de Ubalá, San Isidro, San José, San Juan, San Luis, San Pablo, San Pedro, San Roque Oeste and Santa María.

2) Santa Rosa: created by agreement number 12 of September 12, 1907 and made up of the villages: Cascajal, El Carmen, San Antonio Rosa, Santa Rosa and Santa Rosita.