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Pacho

Coordinates: 5°7′50″N 74°9′30″W / 5.13056°N 74.15833°W / 5.13056; -74.15833
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Pacho
Municipality and town
View of Pacho
View of Pacho
Flag of Pacho
Official seal of Pacho
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
Pacho is located in Colombia
Pacho
Pacho
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 5°7′50″N 74°9′30″W / 5.13056°N 74.15833°W / 5.13056; -74.15833
Country Colombia
Department Cundinamarca
ProvinceRionegro Province
Founded25 August 1604
Founded byLorencio de Terrones
Government
 • MayorRonald David Rangel Bermúdez
(2016-2019)
Area
 • Municipality and town403.3 km2 (155.7 sq mi)
 • Urban
3.6 km2 (1.4 sq mi)
Elevation
2,136 m (7,008 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Municipality and town27,179
 • Urban
15,376
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
WebsiteOfficial website

Pacho is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. Pacho is part of the Rionegro Province and the urban centre is situated at a distance of 88 kilometres (55 mi) from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of 2,136 metres (7,008 ft), while the altitude ranges from 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) to 3,700 metres (12,100 ft). The municipality borders San Cayetano, Villagómez and Topaipí in the north, Supatá and Subachoque in the south, Vergara and El Peñón in the west and in the east Zipaquirá, Tausa and Cogua.[1]

Etymology

In the times before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca, Pacho was called Guataque or Gotaque; Gua; "mountain", Tha; "strong" and Que; "elevated", so "strong elevated mountain". The modern name is also derived from Chibcha; Pa is "father" and chó is "good"; "good father".[1][2]

History

The area of Pacho before becoming part of the New Kingdom of Granada was inhabited by the Muisca where the area of Pacho formed the western boundary of the Muisca Confederation, bordering the Muzo in the northwest and the Panche or Colima in the west and southwest.

Modern Pacho was founded on August 25, 1604 by Lorencio de Terrones.[1]

Economy

Pacho was already an agricultural area in the times of the Muisca. Today the main agricultural products are coffee, oranges, strawberries, papayas, pineapples, bananas, plantains, potatoes, yuca and flowers. The town also as an important dairy farming industry.[1]

Born in Pacho

References

  1. ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Official website Pacho Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ * Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda (1999). Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas [Notes about toponomy of some Colombian ballads - Thesaurus] (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. p. 1121.

See also