Guasca

Guasca
Coordinates: 4 ° 52 ′ N , 73 ° 53 ′ W Guasca on the map of Colombia	Guasca
	Guasca
	Location of the municipality of Guasca on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1600
Residents	15,727 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	346 km 2
Population density	45 people / km 2
height	2700 m
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Miguel Arturo Garavito Díaz (2016-2019)
Website	guasca-cundinamarca.gov.co
	Guasca Church
	View of Guasca
	The Capilla de Siecha

Guasca is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca . The name has its origin in the language of the Chibcha and means "surrounded by mountains".

Geography and climate

Guasca is located at 2,710 meters above sea level about 50 kilometers northeast of Bogotá and extends over 346 km². 8.8 km² of this is built-up area; the rest is used for agriculture or lies fallow. The average temperature is 13 ° C. The municipality borders on Guatavita and Tocancipá to the north, Junín to the east, La Calera and Fómeque to the south and Sopó to the west . On the territory of the municipality there is part of the Chingaza Natural Park , which includes the Lagunas de Siecha , three mountain lakes that were sacred places for the Muiscas .

The Lagunas de Siecha

population

The municipality of Guasca has 15,727 inhabitants, of whom 5642 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Guasca goes back to an indigenous Muiscas settlement that existed before the Spanish arrived. The Spanish town was officially founded in 1600 by Luis Enríquez. Another founding date is given as 1639. Both dates, however, refer to a short visit from a representative of the Spanish crown with the aim of pushing the indigenous population into the framework of the Spanish settlement around the Christian chapel. The original center of Guasca was around the Capilla de Siecha . The place was later moved to its current location. Guasca has been a parish since 1778.

structure

Administrative structure

The municipality of Guasca consists of the urban center and 14 rural veredas :

0: Centro Urbano

1: Santuario

2: Flores

3: Santa Bárbara

4: Pastor Ospina (named after the brother of Mariano Ospina Rodríguez )

5: Floresta

6: San José

7: San Isidro

8: Mariano Ospina

9: Santa Lucía

10: El Salitre (Salitre Alto y Salitre Bajo)

11: Santa Isabel de Potosí (formerly: Potosí)

12: La Trinidad

13: Santa Ana

14: Concepción

economy

The main industries of Guasca are agriculture and milk production . Ornamental plants , potatoes and strawberries are particularly grown .

sons and daughters of the town

Mariano Ospina Rodríguez (1805–1885), Colombian President

Web links

Commons : Guasca - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldia de Guasca. Alcaldía de Guasca - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Guasca).

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Historia de Guasca. Alcaldía de Guasca - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Historia de Guasca. Alcaldía de Guasca - Cundinamarca, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on June 9, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).