Pacho

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title: "Pacho" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-cundinamarca-department", "populated-places-established-in-1604", "1604-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacho" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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FieldValue
namePacho
settlement_typeMunicipality and town
image_skylinePanorámica de Pacho.jpg
image_captionView of Pacho
image_flagFlag of Pacho (Cundinamarca).svg
image_sealEscudo de Pacho.svg
image_mapColombia - Cundinamarca - Pacho.svg
mapsize250px
map_captionLocation of the municipality and town inside 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_name2Rionegro Province
leader_titleMayor
leader_nameRonald David Rangel Bermúdez
(2016–2019)
established_titleFounded
established_date25 August 1604
founderLorencio de Terrones
area_total_km2402.6
area_urban_km24.16
population_as_of2018 census
population_footnotes
population_total24413
population_density_km2auto
population_density_metro_km2auto
population_urban12714
population_density_urban_km2auto
coordinates
timezoneColombia Standard Time
utc_offset-5
elevation_m2136
websiteOfficial website
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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".

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.

Climate

Pacho has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cfb) with consistently mild temperatures.

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Pacho (Cabrera La), elevation 2000 m, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 21.1 |Feb high C = 21.2 |Mar high C = 21.5 |Apr high C = 21.4 |May high C = 21.7 |Jun high C = 21.7 |Jul high C = 21.9 |Aug high C = 22.4 |Sep high C = 22.2 |Oct high C = 21.3 |Nov high C = 20.8 |Dec high C = 20.8 | year high C = 21.5 |Jan mean C = 16.5 |Feb mean C = 16.5 |Mar mean C = 16.7 |Apr mean C = 16.8 |May mean C = 17.0 |Jun mean C = 17.0 |Jul mean C = 17.1 |Aug mean C = 17.2 |Sep mean C = 16.9 |Oct mean C = 16.6 |Nov mean C = 16.5 |Dec mean C = 16.5 | year mean C = 16.8 |Jan low C = 12.2 |Feb low C = 12.6 |Mar low C = 13.0 |Apr low C = 13.7 |May low C = 13.9 |Jun low C = 13.8 |Jul low C = 13.4 |Aug low C = 13.5 |Sep low C = 13.2 |Oct low C = 13.1 |Nov low C = 13.0 |Dec low C = 12.5 | year low C = 13.2 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 107.4 |Feb precipitation mm = 116.3 |Mar precipitation mm = 149.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 182.1 |May precipitation mm = 140.8 |Jun precipitation mm = 45.6 |Jul precipitation mm = 41.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 49.0 |Sep precipitation mm = 98.8 |Oct precipitation mm = 214.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 198.5 |Dec precipitation mm = 126.6 |year precipitation mm = 1470.5 | Jan precipitation days = 13 | Feb precipitation days = 14 | Mar precipitation days = 18 | Apr precipitation days = 20 | May precipitation days = 17 | Jun precipitation days = 11 | Jul precipitation days = 11 | Aug precipitation days = 11 | Sep precipitation days = 14 | Oct precipitation days = 19 | Nov precipitation days = 18 | Dec precipitation days = 15 | year precipitation days = 176 | Jan humidity = 85 | Feb humidity = 85 | Mar humidity = 85 | Apr humidity = 86 | May humidity = 86 | Jun humidity = 84 | Jul humidity = 84 | Aug humidity = 83 | Sep humidity = 83 | Oct humidity = 86 | Nov humidity = 86 | Dec humidity = 86 | year humidity = 85 |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}}

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.

Born in Pacho

Gallery

File:Templo Parroquial de Pacho.jpg|Church of Pacho File:Alcaldía Municipal de Pacho, Cundinamarca.jpg|City council building File:Monumento a la Naranja.JPG|Monument to the orange (fruit) File:Wayoke.JPG|Mountain within Pacho

References

References

  1. [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25513__pacho/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Pacho Municipality with localities
  2. {{in lang. es [http://www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Pacho] {{Webarchive. link. (2015-09-24)
  3. Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda. (1999). "Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas".
  4. (23 October 2023). "Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria.". Nature: Scientific Data.
  5. Derly Prieto, Ana. "Isabel Bunch de Cortes".
  6. Chacón, Paola. (2023-08-31). "La poeta colombiana que se reveló contra los estereotipos, cantó a las mujeres y murió en alta mar".

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