Pacho
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pacho
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|settlement_type = Municipality and town
|image_skyline = Panorámica de Pacho.jpg
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|image_caption = View of Pacho
|image_flag = Flag of Pacho (Cundinamarca).svg
|image_seal = Escudo de Pacho.svg
|image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Pacho.svg
|mapsize = 250px
|map_caption = Location of the municipality and town inside Cundinamarca department of Colombia
|pushpin_map = Colombia
|pushpin_mapsize = 250
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}
|subdivision_type1 = Department
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} Cundinamarca
|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_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 402.6
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|area_urban_km2 = 4.16
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|population_as_of = 2018 census
|population_footnotes = [http://www.citypopulation.de/en/colombia/cundinamarca/25513__pacho/ Citypopulation.de] Population of Pacho Municipality with localities
|population_total = 24413
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|population_urban = 12714
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|coordinates = {{coord|5|7|50|N|74|9|30|W|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = Colombia Standard Time
|utc_offset = -5
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|elevation_m = 2136
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|website = [http://www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co/ 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 {{convert|88|km|mi}} from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of {{convert|2136|m|ft}}, while the altitude ranges from {{convert|1000|m|ft}} to {{convert|3700|m|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.{{in lang|es}} [http://www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Pacho] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063041/http://www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml |date=2015-09-24 }}
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".* {{cite book| author=Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda | year=1999 | url=http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/thesaurus/pdf/54/TH_54_003_424_0.pdf | title=Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas |trans-title=Notes about toponomy of some Colombian ballads - Thesaurus |volume=Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. | page=1121 | language=es}}
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){{Cite journal |date=23 October 2023 |title=Table 1 Overview of the Köppen-Geiger climate classes including the defining criteria. |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/s41597-023-02549-6/tables/1 |journal=Nature: Scientific Data |language=en}} with consistently mild temperatures.
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Pacho (Cabrera La), elevation {{convert|2000|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (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
Born in Pacho
- Isabel Bunch de Cortés, Pacho-born writer who referenced her hometown in her works{{Cite web |last=Derly Prieto |first=Ana |title=Isabel Bunch de Cortes |url=https://www.cundinamarca-historica.org/isabunch.html |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Academia de Historia de Cundinamarca |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=Chacón |first=Paola |date=2023-08-31 |title=La poeta colombiana que se reveló contra los estereotipos, cantó a las mujeres y murió en alta mar |url=https://www.infobae.com/leamos/2023/08/31/la-poeta-colombiana-que-se-revelo-contra-los-estereotipos-canto-a-las-mujeres-y-murio-en-alta-mar/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Infobae |language=es}}
- Samuel Cabrera, former professional cyclist
- José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha, drug lord, part of Medellin Cartel
Gallery
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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
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References
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See also
- Francisco Hélmer Herrera Buitrago, nicknamed Pacho
{{commons category|Pacho, Cundinamarca}}
{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department