Pesca

Municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia

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Etymology: Muysccubun: "Strong enclosure"

Location of the municipality and town of Pesca in the Boyacá Department of Colombia

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ColombiaDepartmentBoyacá DepartmentProvinceSugamuxi ProvinceFounded20 December 1548Founded byJuan de Sanct MartínGovernment

• MayorManuel Alejandro Tambo Rodríguez
(2020-2023)Area

• Municipality and town282 km² (109 sq mi)Elevation

2,858 m (9,377 ft)Population

(2015)

• Municipality and town8,032 • Density28/km² (74/sq mi) • Urban

2,004Time zoneUTC-5WebsiteOfficial website

Pesca is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Boyacá, part of the Sugamuxi Province, a subregion of Boyacá. The town is located in the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes at altitudes between 2,540 metres (8,330 ft) and 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). Pesca is 108 kilometres (67 mi) west from the department capital Tunja and borders Firavitoba in the north, Iza in the northeast, Tuta in the northwest, in the east Tota, Zetaquirá in the south, Rondón and Siachoque in the southwest and Toca in the west.

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Pesca is 108 kilometres (67 mi) east from the department capital Tunja

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Etymology

In the Chibcha language of the Muisca, Pesca means "strong enclosure".^[2]

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish in the 1530s, Pesca was part of the Muisca Confederation, a confederation of different rulers; zaques based in Hunza, zipas ruling from Muyquytá and caciques in other territories. Pesca was reigned by the iraca of sacred City of the Sun Sugamuxi, now called Sogamoso.