Pacho

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 from the capital Bogotá at an altitude of , while the altitude ranges from to . 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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Pacho
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: Panorámica de Pacho.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Pacho
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Pacho (Cundinamarca).svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Pacho.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cundinamarca - Pacho.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town inside 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: Rionegro Province
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor

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Wikidata facts

Population: 27977
Area: 403.3
Elevation: 1905
Official website: www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co/index.shtml
Image: Alcaldía Municipal de Pacho, Cundinamarca.jpg

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Commons category: Pacho, Cundinamarca
inception: 1604-08-25

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Etymology
History
Climate
Economy
Born in Pacho
Gallery
References
See also

== 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".