Pasca is a town and municipality in the Cundinamarca department of Colombia located in the Andes. It belongs to the Sumapaz Province. Pasca is situated on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense at a distance of 71 kilometres (44 mi) from the capital Bogotá. It borders Fusagasugá, Sibaté and Soacha in the north, Bogotá D.C. in the north and east, Arbeláez in the south and Fusagasugá in the west. Is the entrance to the Páramo del Sumapaz, the biggest ecosystem in its genre in the world. The urban center is located at an altitude of 2,180 metres (7,150 ft) and the altitude ranges from 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) to 3,500 metres (11,500 ft).[1]
Etymology
Pasca in the Chibcha language means "father's enclosure", according to Acosta Ortegón.[2]
One of his captains, Juan de Céspedes, reached Pasca in July 1537, founding modern Pasca on July 15.[1] It was the last village of the Muisca to be conquered before heading south into the domain of the Sutagao.[2]