Pacho
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| Country |  Colombia |
| Department |  Cundinamarca |
| Province | Rionegro Province |
| Founded | 25 August 1604 |
| Founded by | Lorencio de Terrones |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ronald David Rangel Bermúdez (2016–2019) |
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| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
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| Website | Official website |
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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.[2]
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".[2][3]
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.[2]
Climate
Pacho has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cfb)[4] with consistently mild temperatures.
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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.[2]
Born in Pacho
- Isabel Bunch de Cortés, Pacho-born writer who referenced her hometown in her works[6][7]
- Samuel Cabrera, former professional cyclist
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, drug lord, part of Medellin Cartel
Gallery
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Church of Pacho -
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Monument to the orange (fruit) -
Mountain within Pacho
References
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- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Pacho Municipality with localities
- ^ a b c d Template:In lang Official website Pacho Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ * Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda (1999). Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas [Notes about toponomy of some Colombian ballads - Thesaurus] (PDF) (in español). Vol. Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. p. 1121.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in español). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Derly Prieto, Ana. "Isabel Bunch de Cortes". Academia de Historia de Cundinamarca (in español). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Chacón, Paola (2023-08-31). "La poeta colombiana que se reveló contra los estereotipos, cantó a las mujeres y murió en alta mar". Infobae (in español). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
See also
- Francisco Hélmer Herrera Buitrago, nicknamed Pacho
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