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Pacho

Pacho
Municipality and town
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Official seal of Pacho
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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 town
402.6 km2 (155.4 sq mi)
 • Urban
4.16 km2 (1.61 sq mi)
Elevation
2,136 m (7,008 ft)
Population
 (2018 census)[1]
 • Municipality and town
24,413
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
 • Urban
12,714
 • Urban density3,100/km2 (7,900/sq mi)
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.[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.

Climate data for Pacho (Cabrera La), elevation 2,000 m (6,600 ft), (1981–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 21.1
(70.0) 		21.2
(70.2) 		21.5
(70.7) 		21.4
(70.5) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.7
(71.1) 		21.9
(71.4) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.2
(72.0) 		21.3
(70.3) 		20.8
(69.4) 		20.8
(69.4) 		21.5
(70.7)
Daily mean °C (°F) 16.5
(61.7) 		16.5
(61.7) 		16.7
(62.1) 		16.8
(62.2) 		17.0
(62.6) 		17.0
(62.6) 		17.1
(62.8) 		17.2
(63.0) 		16.9
(62.4) 		16.6
(61.9) 		16.5
(61.7) 		16.5
(61.7) 		16.8
(62.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 12.2
(54.0) 		12.6
(54.7) 		13.0
(55.4) 		13.7
(56.7) 		13.9
(57.0) 		13.8
(56.8) 		13.4
(56.1) 		13.5
(56.3) 		13.2
(55.8) 		13.1
(55.6) 		13.0
(55.4) 		12.5
(54.5) 		13.2
(55.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 107.4
(4.23) 		116.3
(4.58) 		149.3
(5.88) 		182.1
(7.17) 		140.8
(5.54) 		45.6
(1.80) 		41.3
(1.63) 		49.0
(1.93) 		98.8
(3.89) 		214.7
(8.45) 		198.5
(7.81) 		126.6
(4.98) 		1,470.5
(57.89)
Average precipitation days 13 14 18 20 17 11 11 11 14 19 18 15 176
Average relative humidity (%) 85 85 85 86 86 84 84 83 83 86 86 86 85
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales[5]

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

  • Church of Pacho
    Church of Pacho
  • City council building
    City council building
  • Monument to the orange (fruit)
    Monument to the orange (fruit)
  • Mountain within Pacho
    Mountain within Pacho

References

  1. ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Pacho Municipality with localities
  2. ^ a b c d (in Spanish) Official website Pacho Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ * 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.
  4. ^ "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria". Nature: Scientific Data. 23 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ Derly Prieto, Ana. "Isabel Bunch de Cortes". Academia de Historia de Cundinamarca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
  7. ^ 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 Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-05.

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