Guasca

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Guasca
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Guasca vista desde el occidente.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Guasca from the west
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Guasca (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Guasca.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Guasca in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cundinamarca
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Guavio Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Miguel Arturo Garavito Diaz(2016-2019)

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Official website

ALCALDÍA MUNICIPAL DE GUASCA CUNDINAMARCA

Alcaldía Municipal de Guasca Cundinamarca

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Guasca
Population: 15727
Area: 346
Elevation: 2710
Official website: www.guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co
Image: Guasca vista desde el occidente.jpg

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inception: 1600-06-21
Commons category: Guasca
native label: Guasca

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History
Etymology
Economy
Tourism
Born in Guasca
Trivia
Climate
Gallery
References
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== 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. In the religion of the Muisca, the Siecha Lakes were considered sacred.