Pasca

Pasca
Town
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Location of the municipality and town of Pasca in the Department of Cundinamarca
Pasca Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°18′27″N 74°18′3″W / 4.30750°N 74.30083°WCoordinates: 4°18′27″N 74°18′3″W / 4.30750°N 74.30083°W
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Sumapaz Province
Established	1604
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Carlos Chitiva
Elevation	2,180 m (7,150 ft)
Population
• Total	11,518
Website	www.pasca-cundinamarca.gov.co

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

Name

Pasca in the chibchan language means father's fence, according to Acosta Ortegón.^[1]

Tourism

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

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

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.

References

1. Espejo Olaya, Maria Bernarda (1999) Notas sobre toponimia en algunas coplas colombianas Thesaurus. Tomo LIV, Núm. 3. page 1122.

See also

• Archeological Museum of Pasca
• El Dorado Myth
• Sumapaz National Park

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)

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  Pasca's church and museum facade

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  Muisca raft found in Pasca