Guasca

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title: "Guasca" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1600", "1600-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire", "populated-places-of-the-muisca-confederation"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guasca" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
nameGuasca
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylineGuasca vista desde el occidente.jpg
image_captionView of Guasca from the west
image_flagFlag of Guasca (Cundinamarca).svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Guasca.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town of Guasca in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
pushpin_mapColombia
pushpin_mapsize250
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Colombia
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameColombia
subdivision_type1Department
subdivision_name1Flag of Cundinamarca.svg Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Guavio Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameMiguel Arturo Garavito Diaz
(2016-2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date21 June 1600
founderLuis Enríquez
area_total_km2346
area_urban_km28.8
population_as_of2015
population_total14759
population_density_km2auto
population_urban5203
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2710
websiteOfficial website
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Guasca is a Colombian town and municipality in the Guavio Province, part of the Cundinamarca Department located approximately 55 km from Bogotá passing through the town of La Calera, Cundinamarca or 65 km passing through Sopó. Guasca borders the municipalities Tocancipá and Guatavita in the north, Junín in the east, in the south La Calera and in the west Sopó.

History

Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca of the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the area was inhabited by the Muisca who spoke Chibcha. Guasca was ruled by a cacique who was loyal to the cacique of Guatavita.

Etymology

According to friar and Muisca scholar Bernardo de Lugo the name Guasca is derived from guâ, "mountain range" and shucâ; "skirt". The name thus means "skirt of the mountain range", indicating the position of the village with respect to the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.

Economy

Main economical activities of Guasca are agriculture; potatoes, carrots, flowers and strawberries and dairy farming.

Tourism

Guasca is known for ecotourism and has access to Chingaza Natural National Park. Other natural areas are Los Encenillos and the Siecha Lakes.

Born in Guasca

Trivia

Climate

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Guasca, elevation 2750 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.2 |Feb high C = 19.4 |Mar high C = 19.5 |Apr high C = 18.9 |May high C = 18.4 |Jun high C = 17.4 |Jul high C = 17.0 |Aug high C = 17.2 |Sep high C = 17.8 |Oct high C = 18.5 |Nov high C = 18.8 |Dec high C = 18.9 | year high C = 18.4 |Jan mean C = 13.2 |Feb mean C = 13.5 |Mar mean C = 13.6 |Apr mean C = 13.6 |May mean C = 13.5 |Jun mean C = 13.0 |Jul mean C = 12.6 |Aug mean C = 12.8 |Sep mean C = 13.0 |Oct mean C = 13.2 |Nov mean C = 13.5 |Dec mean C = 13.4 | year mean C = 13.2 |Jan low C = 5.9 |Feb low C = 6.6 |Mar low C = 7.3 |Apr low C = 8.3 |May low C = 8.5 |Jun low C = 8.4 |Jul low C = 8.2 |Aug low C = 8.1 |Sep low C = 7.5 |Oct low C = 7.6 |Nov low C = 7.8 |Dec low C = 6.6 | year low C = 7.6 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 37.2 |Feb precipitation mm = 46.8 |Mar precipitation mm = 68.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 83.4 |May precipitation mm = 94.3 |Jun precipitation mm = 71.1 |Jul precipitation mm = 72.7 |Aug precipitation mm = 59.1 |Sep precipitation mm = 52.6 |Oct precipitation mm = 85.0 |Nov precipitation mm = 80.8 |Dec precipitation mm = 43.7 |year precipitation mm = 794.9 | Jan precipitation days = 7 | Feb precipitation days = 9 | Mar precipitation days = 12 | Apr precipitation days = 16 | May precipitation days = 20 | Jun precipitation days = 21 | Jul precipitation days = 22 | Aug precipitation days = 20 | Sep precipitation days = 16 | Oct precipitation days = 15 | Nov precipitation days = 14 | Dec precipitation days = 10 | year precipitation days = 177 | Jan humidity = 83 | Feb humidity = 82 | Mar humidity = 82 | Apr humidity = 84 | May humidity = 85 | Jun humidity = 84 | Jul humidity = 85 | Aug humidity = 85 | Sep humidity = 84 | Oct humidity = 83 | Nov humidity = 84 | Dec humidity = 83 | year humidity = 84 |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date= 17 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}

Gallery

File:IglesiaSanJacintoEnGuasca.jpg|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth File:Iglesia de san jacinto.jpg|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth File:Vista nocturna de Iglesia San Jacinto.JPG|Basilica of Saint Hyacinth by night File:20 de julio MOR 2013.JPG|Street view File:Capilla de Siecha 8.JPG|Siecha chapel File:Lagunas de Siecha.jpg|Siecha Lakes

References

References

  1. {{in lang. es [http://www.guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml Official website Guasca] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-07-11 - accessed 05-05-2016)
  2. Ocampo López, Javier. (2013). "Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia". Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A..
  3. {{in lang. es [http://muysca.cubun.org/Gram%C3%A1tica_de_Lugo/fol_7r Etymology Guasca according to Bernardo de Lugo] - accessed 05-05-2016
  4. {{wikispecies-inline. Anapis
  5. {{wikispecies-inline. Deinopis
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