Pacho | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Rionegro Province |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ronald David Rangel Bermúdez (2016–2019) |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 25 August 1604 |
Founder: | Lorencio de Terrones |
Area Total Km2: | 402.6 |
Area Urban Km2: | 4.16 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 24413 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Density Metro Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 12714 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.1306°N -74.1583°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2136 |
Website: | Official 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 88km (55miles) from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of 2136m (7,008feet), while the altitude ranges from 1000m (3,000feet) to 3700m (12,100feet). 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]
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]
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]
Pacho has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cfb)[4] with consistently mild temperatures.
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]