Pasca
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| Country |  Colombia |
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| Department | Cundinamarca | ||
| Province | Sumapaz Province | ||
| Established | 1604 | ||
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| - Type | Municipality | ||
| - Mayor | Carlos Chitiva | ||
| Elevation | 2,180 m (7,152 ft) | ||
| Population | |||
| - Total | 11,518 | ||
| Website: www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co | |||
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Pasca is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located over the Andes mountains. It belongs to the Sumapaz province.
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[edit] Name
Pasca in the chibchan language means father's fence, according to Acosta Ortegón.[citation needed]
[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 grandmother, poet Josefa Acevedo de Gomez, lived and wrote her work here. The famous native woman Zoratama also lived in Pasca.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site of the Municipality of Pasca (Spanish)
- Official site - Government of Cundinamarca (Spanish)
- Precolumbian Golden Boat Famous golden figure based on El Dorado rite (housed in the Gold Museum at Bogotá, Colombia) (Spanish)
- Unofficial site of the Natural and Archeological Museum of Pasca (Spanish)
- Precolumbian Gold Museum of Colombia Schedule of exhibitions (Spanish)
- Photos of precolumbian art found at Pasca (Spanish)
 Pasca's church and museum facade |
 Current facade of the famous Archeological Museum of Pasca |
 Muisca's golden raft found in Pasca |
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