# Pacho
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pacho
|native_name =
|nickname =
|motto =
|settlement_type = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Colombia) and town
|image_skyline = Panorámica de Pacho.jpg
|imagesize =
|image_caption = View of Pacho
|image_flag = Flag of Pacho (Cundinamarca).svg
|image_shield = 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](/source/departments_of_Colombia)
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Cundinamarca.svg}} [Cundinamarca](/source/Cundinamarca_Department)
|subdivision_type2 = Province
|subdivision_name2 = [Rionegro Province](/source/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]
|footnotes =
}}
'''Pacho''' is a municipality and town of [Colombia](/source/Colombia) in the [department](/source/Departments_of_Colombia) of [Cundinamarca](/source/Cundinamarca_Department). Pacho is part of the [Rionegro Province](/source/Rionegro_Province) and the urban centre is situated at a distance of {{convert|88|km|mi}} from the capital [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1) 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](/source/San_Cayetano%2C_Cundinamarca), [Villagómez](/source/Villag%C3%B3mez) and [Topaipí](/source/Topaip%C3%AD) in the north, [Supatá](/source/Supat%C3%A1) and [Subachoque](/source/Subachoque) in the south, [Vergara](/source/Vergara%2C_Cundinamarca) and [El Peñón](/source/El_Pe%C3%B1%C3%B3n%2C_Cundinamarca) in the west and in the east [Zipaquirá](/source/Zipaquir%C3%A1), [Tausa](/source/Tausa) and [Cogua](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Chibcha_language); ''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](/source/New_Kingdom_of_Granada) was inhabited by the [Muisca](/source/Muisca_people) where the area of Pacho formed the western boundary of the [Muisca Confederation](/source/Muisca_Confederation), bordering the [Muzo](/source/Muzo_people) in the northwest and the [Panche or Colima](/source/Panche_people) in the west and southwest.
Modern Pacho was founded on August 25, 1604, by Lorencio de Terrones.[
==Climate==
Pacho has a [subtropical highland climate](/source/subtropical_highland_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification): ''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](/source/Institute_of_Hydrology%2C_Meteorology_and_Environmental_Studies_(Colombia))[{{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](/source/Muisca_agriculture) area in the times of the Muisca. Today the main agricultural products are [coffee](/source/coffee), [oranges](/source/orange_(fruit)), [strawberries](/source/strawberry), [papaya](/source/papaya)s, [pineapple](/source/pineapple)s, [banana](/source/banana)s, [plantain](/source/Cooking_banana)s, [potato](/source/potato)es, [yuca](/source/yuca) and flowers. The town also as an important [dairy](/source/dairy) farming industry.[
== Born in Pacho ==
* [Isabel Bunch de Cortés](/source/Isabel_Bunch_de_Cort%C3%A9s), 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](/source/Samuel_Cabrera), former professional cyclist
*[José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha](/source/Jos%C3%A9_Gonzalo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Gacha), drug lord, part of [Medellin Cartel](/source/Medell%C3%ADn_Cartel)
== Gallery ==
{{left|
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
}}
{{clear left}}
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==See also==
*Francisco [Hélmer Herrera](/source/H%C3%A9lmer_Herrera) Buitrago, nicknamed Pacho
{{commons category|Pacho, Cundinamarca}}
{{Municipalities cundinamarca department}}
Category:Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department
Category:Populated places established in 1604
Category:1604 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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