{{for multi|the French actress|Madame Pasca|the Romanian dish|Pască|the English vessel|Pasca (ship)}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Pasca | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town and municipality | motto = | image_skyline = PASCA.JPG | imagesize = | image_caption = Pasca's church and museum façade | image_flag = Flag of Pasca (Cundinamarca).svg | flag_size = 100px | image_seal = Escudo de Pasca (Cundinamarca).svg | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | city_logo = | citylogo_size = | image_map = Colombia - Cundinamarca - Pasca.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Pasca in the Department of Cundinamarca | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | image_dot_map = | dot_mapsize = | dot_map_caption = | dot_x = | dot_y = | 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 = Sumapaz Province | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Katerine Mora<br><small>(2020-2023)</small> | established_title = Founded | established_date = 15 July 1537 | founder = Juan de Céspedes | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 264.24 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = 0.27 | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | population_as_of = 2015 | population_footnotes = | population_note = | population_total = 12175 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = 2841 | population_density_urban_km2 = auto | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi = | timezone = Colombian Standard Time | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|4|18|27|N|74|18|3|W|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> | elevation_m = 2180 | elevation_ft = | postal_code_type = <!-- enter ZIP code, Postcode, Post code, Postal code... --> | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = [http://www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/ Official website] | footnotes = }} <!-- Infobox ends --> '''Pasca''' is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located in the Andes. It belongs to the Sumapaz Province. Pasca is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of {{convert|71|km|mi}} from the capital Bogotá. It borders Fusagasugá, Sibaté and Soacha in the north, Bogotá D.C. in the north and east, Arbeláez in the south and Fusagasugá in the west. Is the entrance to the Páramo del Sumapaz, the biggest ecosystem in its genre in the world. The urban center is located at an altitude of {{convert|2180|m|ft}} and the altitude ranges from {{convert|2000|m|ft}} to {{convert|3500|m|ft}}.<ref name=websitePasca>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Pasca] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150522003332/http://www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml |date=2015-05-22 }}</ref>
== Etymology == Pasca in the Chibcha language means "father's enclosure", according to Acosta Ortegón.<ref name=EspejoOlaya>{{in lang|es}} {{aut|Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda}} (1999) [http://cvc.cervantes.es/lengua/thesaurus/pdf/54/TH_54_003_424_0.pdf Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas] Thesaurus. Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. page 1122.</ref>
== History == Pasca in the time before the Spanish conquest was inhabited by the Muisca, organized in their Muisca Confederation. The southern Muisca territories were ruled from Muyquytá, the current capital. On April 6, 1536 conquistadors Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada and his brother started the strenuous march into the inner highlands of Colombia. With 209 men he arrived on March 12, 1537, in Guachetá. From there he led his army to conquer the villages of the Muisca on the Bogotá savanna.<ref name=websitePasca/>
One of his captains, Juan de Céspedes, reached Pasca in July 1537, founding modern Pasca on July 15.<ref name=websitePasca/> It was the last village of the Muisca to be conquered before heading south into the domain of the Sutagao.<ref name=EspejoOlaya/>
== Economy == Main economical activities in Pasca are livestock farming and agriculture, predominantly papa criolla, other potatoes, peas, onions, bunching onions, tree tomatoes, beans, carrots, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, corn, blackberries, coriander and the Colombian fruits gulupa and curuba.<ref name=websitePasca/>
== Archeology == The famous Muisca raft, traditionally interpreted as representing the ritual of ''El Dorado'', was found in Pasca in 1969.<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://banrep.org/museo/esp/expo_bogota4.htm Banco de la Republica: Exposición del Museo del Oro del Banco de la República en Bogotá]</ref><ref>{{in lang|es}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXgRApLxfM Explanation of the metallurgy of the Muisca raft by Eduardo Londoño] - Museo del Oro</ref> The raft is now part of the Gold Museum collection in Bogotá.
The town contains an archaeological museum and a natural history museum.
== Famous pasqueños == * Colombian poet and politician Adolfo León Gómez was born in Pasca and his grandmother, poet Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, lived and wrote her work here * Native Zoratama lived in Pasca Ivan Ramiro Sosa cyclist winner of multiple races.
==Climate==
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Pasca, elevation {{convert|2256|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1981–2010) |Jan high C = 19.3 |Feb high C = 19.4 |Mar high C = 19.5 |Apr high C = 19.3 |May high C = 19.5 |Jun high C = 19.4 |Jul high C = 19.2 |Aug high C = 19.5 |Sep high C = 19.7 |Oct high C = 19.4 |Nov high C = 19.4 |Dec high C = 19.4 | year high C = 19.5 |Jan mean C = 15.7 |Feb mean C = 15.7 |Mar mean C = 15.9 |Apr mean C = 15.9 |May mean C = 15.9 |Jun mean C = 15.8 |Jul mean C = 15.6 |Aug mean C = 15.7 |Sep mean C = 15.9 |Oct mean C = 15.8 |Nov mean C = 15.7 |Dec mean C = 15.8 | year mean C = 15.8 |Jan low C = 10.3 |Feb low C = 10.5 |Mar low C = 11.2 |Apr low C = 11.6 |May low C = 11.6 |Jun low C = 11.4 |Jul low C = 11.1 |Aug low C = 11.1 |Sep low C = 10.9 |Oct low C = 11.0 |Nov low C = 11.1 |Dec low C = 10.6 | year low C = 11.0 |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 53.3 |Feb precipitation mm = 53.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 92.0 |Apr precipitation mm = 102.1 |May precipitation mm = 84.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 51.0 |Jul precipitation mm = 45.4 |Aug precipitation mm = 40.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 57.0 |Oct precipitation mm = 106.9 |Nov precipitation mm = 113.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 61.1 |year precipitation mm = 860.7 | Jan precipitation days = 11 | Feb precipitation days = 12 | Mar precipitation days = 15 | Apr precipitation days = 18 | May precipitation days = 21 | Jun precipitation days = 19 | Jul precipitation days = 20 | Aug precipitation days = 16 | Sep precipitation days = 16 | Oct precipitation days = 20 | Nov precipitation days = 18 | Dec precipitation days = 13 | year precipitation days = 191 | Jan humidity = 84 | Feb humidity = 85 | Mar humidity = 86 | Apr humidity = 87 | May humidity = 87 | Jun humidity = 87 | Jul humidity = 86 | Aug humidity = 85 | Sep humidity = 85 | Oct humidity = 86 | Nov humidity = 87 | Dec humidity = 85 | year humidity = 86 |Jan sun = 139.5 |Feb sun = 118.6 |Mar sun = 99.2 |Apr sun = 81.0 |May sun = 86.8 |Jun sun = 96.0 |Jul sun = 93.0 |Aug sun = 102.3 |Sep sun = 96.0 |Oct sun = 93.0 |Nov sun = 90.0 |Dec sun = 124.0 |year sun = |Jand sun = 4.5 |Febd sun = 4.2 |Mard sun = 3.2 |Aprd sun = 2.7 |Mayd sun = 2.8 |Jund sun = 3.2 |Juld sun = 3.0 |Augd sun = 3.3 |Sepd sun = 3.2 |Octd sun = 3.0 |Novd sun = 3.0 |Decd sun = 4.0 |yeard sun = |source 1 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales<ref name=IDEAM1>{{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}}</ref> }}
== Gallery == {{left|<gallery mode=packed> File:Muisca raft Legend of El Dorado Offerings of gold.jpg|Muisca raft found in Pasca, depicting El Dorado ritual </gallery>}}
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== See also == {{Portal|Colombia}} *''El Dorado'' *Juan de Céspedes *Archeological Museum of Pasca, Sumapaz National Park
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{in lang|es}} [http://rupestreweb.tripod.com/arguello.html Photos of pre-Columbian art found in Pasca]
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