Pacho

Pacho
Coordinates: 5 ° 8 ′ N , 74 ° 9 ′ W Pacho on the map of Colombia	Pacho
	Pacho
	Location of the municipality of Pacho on the map of Cundinamarca
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
City foundation	1624
Residents	27,977 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	403 km 2
Population density	69 people / km 2
height	1905 m
Waters	Río San Antonio, Río Batan, Río Patasia
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Ronald David Rangel Bermúdez (2016-2019)
Website	www.pacho-cundinamarca.gov.co
	View of Pacho
	Parish Church of Pacho
	Pacho Town Hall

Pacho is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia .

geography

Pacho is located in the northwest of Cundinamarca and is the capital of the province of Rionegro . Pacho is located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes . The municipality is bordered by San Cayetano , Villagómez and Topaipí in the north, Zipaquirá , Cogua and Tausa in the east, Supatá and Subachoque in the south and El Peñón and Vergara in the west .

population

The municipality of Pacho has 27,977 inhabitants, of which 16,154 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

In the area of today Pacho lived at the Spanish arrived indigenous people of the Chibcha . The founding of Pacho is attributed to the indigenous leader Diego Pacho in 1624. The community is considered to be the cradle of the steel industry in Latin America. Steel production began in Pacho in 1814. The Ferrería de Pacho ironworks was declared a national monument.

economy

The main economic sectors of Pacho today are agriculture (especially oranges , but also other types of fruit and vegetables as well as coffee ), animal husbandry , mining ( coal ) and industry .

Personalities

Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha (1947–1989), member of the Medellín cartel

Web links

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

Alcaldía Municipal de Pacho Cundinamarca. Alcaldía de Pacho - Cundinamarca, accessed on February 13, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pacho - Cundinamarca, accessed February 13, 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 February 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Pacho - Cundinamarca, accessed February 13, 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 February 13, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).