Pasca

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Municipio de Pasca (Municipality of Pasca)

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Motto: Trabajo y Ciencia (Work and Science)

Mayor

Carlos Chitiva

Province

Sumapaz

Foundation

1604

Population
- Total (2006)

11,518

Temperature

17 C

Altitude

2,180

Adjective

Pasqueño (pascan)

Pasca is a small municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located over the Andes mountains. It belongs to the Sumapaz province.

1 Name
2 Tourism
3 History
4 Famous pasqueños
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Name

Pasca in the chibchan language means father's fence, according to Acosta Ortegón.

[edit] Tourism

The famous Muiscan golden boat, representing the ritual of El Dorado, was found in Pasca. The boat is now part of the Gold Museum collection in Bogotá.

The town contains an archaeological museum and a natural history museum.

[edit] History

By pre-columbian times, this was the last village to the south of the plains in the mountains where starts the valley of the Sutagao tribe. These lands were explored in 1537 by captain Juan de Céspedes when he was looking for the Panche tribes. In early 1539 the conquistador Nicolás de Federmán arrived in Pasca , where he waited until Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada authorized him to move forward.

[edit] Famous pasqueños

The Colombian poet and politician Adolfo León Gómez was born in Pasca and his grand-mother, poet Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, lived and wrote her work here. The famous native woman Zoratama also lived in Pasca.