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Guasca

For the plant named Guasca, see Galinsoga parviflora.

Municipality and town in Cundinamarca, Colombia

Guasca
Municipality and town
View of Guasca from the west
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the municipality and town of Guasca in the Cundinamarca Department of Colombia
Guasca Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 4°51′57″N 73°52′38″W / 4.86583°N 73.87722°W / 4.86583; -73.87722
Country	Colombia
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Guavio Province
Founded	21 June 1600
Founded by	Luis Enríquez
Government
• Mayor	Miguel Arturo Garavito Diaz (2016-2019)
Area
• Municipality and town	346 km² (134 sq mi)
• Urban	8.8 km² (3.4 sq mi)
Elevation	2,710 m (8,890 ft)
Population (2015)
• Municipality and town	14,759
• Density	42.7/km² (110/sq mi)
• Urban	5,203
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website	Official website

Guasca is a Colombian town and municipality in the Guavio Province, part of the Cundinamarca Department located approximately 55 km from Bogotá passing through the town of La Calera, Cundinamarca or 65 km passing through Sopó. Guasca borders the municipalities Tocancipá and Guatavita in the north, Junín in the east, in the south La Calera and in the west Sopó.^[1]

History

Before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca of the central highlands of the Colombian Andes, the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, the area was inhabited by the Muisca who spoke Chibcha. Guasca was ruled by a cacique who was loyal to the cacique of Guatavita.^[1] In the religion of the Muisca, the Siecha Lakes were considered sacred.^[2]

Etymology

According to friar and Muisca scholar Bernardo de Lugo the name Guasca is derived from guâ, "mountain range" and shucâ; "skirt". The name thus means "skirt of the mountain range", indicating the position of the village with respect to the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.^[3]

Economy

Main economical activities of Guasca are agriculture; potatoes, carrots, flowers and strawberries and dairy farming.^[1]

Tourism

Guasca is known for ecotourism and has access to Chingaza Natural National Park. Other natural areas are Los Encenillos and the Siecha Lakes.

Born in Guasca

Mariano Ospina Rodríguez - president of the Granadine Confederation

Trivia

The plant Galinsoga parviflora is called "Guasca(s)" in Colombia and an essential ingredient of the soup ajiaco
The spiders Anapis guasca,^[4] Deinopis guasca,^[5] and moth Dognina guasca^[6] are found in and named after Guasca

Climate

Climate data for Guasca, elevation 2,750 m (9,020 ft), (1981–2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	19.2 (66.6)	19.4 (66.9)	19.5 (67.1)	18.9 (66.0)	18.4 (65.1)	17.4 (63.3)	17.0 (62.6)	17.2 (63.0)	17.8 (64.0)	18.5 (65.3)	18.8 (65.8)	18.9 (66.0)	18.4 (65.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	13.2 (55.8)	13.5 (56.3)	13.6 (56.5)	13.6 (56.5)	13.5 (56.3)	13.0 (55.4)	12.6 (54.7)	12.8 (55.0)	13.0 (55.4)	13.2 (55.8)	13.5 (56.3)	13.4 (56.1)	13.2 (55.8)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	5.9 (42.6)	6.6 (43.9)	7.3 (45.1)	8.3 (46.9)	8.5 (47.3)	8.4 (47.1)	8.2 (46.8)	8.1 (46.6)	7.5 (45.5)	7.6 (45.7)	7.8 (46.0)	6.6 (43.9)	7.6 (45.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	37.2 (1.46)	46.8 (1.84)	68.2 (2.69)	83.4 (3.28)	94.3 (3.71)	71.1 (2.80)	72.7 (2.86)	59.1 (2.33)	52.6 (2.07)	85.0 (3.35)	80.8 (3.18)	43.7 (1.72)	794.9 (31.30)
Average precipitation days	7	9	12	16	20	21	22	20	16	15	14	10	177
Average relative humidity (%)	83	82	82	84	85	84	85	85	84	83	84	83	84
Source: Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales^[7]

Gallery

Basilica of Saint Hyacinth
Basilica of Saint Hyacinth
Basilica of Saint Hyacinth by night

Street view
Siecha chapel
Siecha Lakes

References

1 2 3 (in Spanish) Official website Guasca Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 05-05-2016
↑ Ocampo López, Javier (2013). Mitos y leyendas indígenas de Colombia [Indigenous myths and legends of Colombia] (in Spanish). Bogotá, Colombia: Plaza & Janes Editores Colombia S.A. p. 226. ISBN 978-958-14-1416-1.
↑ (in Spanish) Etymology Guasca according to Bernardo de Lugo - accessed 05-05-2016
↑ Data related to Anapis at Wikispecies
↑ Data related to Deinopis at Wikispecies
↑ Data related to Dognina at Wikispecies
↑ "Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010" (in Spanish). Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2024.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Guasca.

Café la Huerta

v t e Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department
Almeidas Province	Chocontá Machetá Manta Sesquilé Suesca Tibiritá Villapinzón
Upper Magdalena Province	Agua de Dios Girardot Guataquí Jerusalén Nariño Nilo Ricaurte Tocaima
Lower Magdalena Province	Caparrapí Guaduas Puerto Salgar
Gualivá Province	Albán La Peña La Vega Nimaima Nocaima Quebradanegra San Francisco Sasaima Supatá Útica Vergara Villeta
Guavio Province	Gachalá Gachetá Gama Guasca Guatavita Junín La Calera Ubalá
Central Magdalena Province	Beltrán Bituima Chaguaní Guayabal de Síquima Pulí San Juan de Rioseco Vianí
Medina Province	Medina Paratebueno
Eastern Province	Cáqueza Chipaque Choachí Fómeque Fosca Guayabetal Gutiérrez Quetame Ubaque Une
Rionegro Province	El Peñón La Palma Pacho Paime San Cayetano Topaipí Villagómez Yacopí
Central Savanna Province	Cajicá Chía Cogua Cota Gachancipá Nemocón Sopó Tabio Tenjo Tocancipá Zipaquirá
Western Savanna Province	Bojacá El Rosal Facatativá Funza Madrid Mosquera Subachoque Zipacón
Soacha Province	Sibaté Soacha
Sumapaz Province	Arbeláez Cabrera Fusagasugá Granada Pandi Pasca San Bernardo Silvania Tibacuy Venecia
Tequendama Province	Anapoima Anolaima Apulo Cachipay El Colegio La Mesa Quipile San Antonio del Tequendama Tena Viotá
Ubaté Province	Carmen de Carupa Cucunubá Fúquene Guachetá Lenguazaque Simijaca Susa Sutatausa Tausa Ubaté
Metropolitan Area of Bogotá	Bogotá, Capital District
See also: List of municipalities in Cundinamarca

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