The Laches were an indigenous agrarian people in the highlands of what is now central Colombia, in northern Boyacá and Santander departments. They were part of the Cocuy Confederation and spoke a Chibchan language, trading predominately with other Chibchan speakers, such as the Muiscas, Guanes, Pijaos and Chitareros. They farmed maize, potato, quinoa and cotton, among other crops. Motto: Capital Tunja Governor Jorge Eduardo Londoño Area 23,189 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,411,239 61 people/km² Adjective Boyaca (Spanish: Boyacá) is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost... Motto: Capital Bucaramanga Governor Area 30,537 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   2,085,084 68 people/km² Adjective santandereano Santander is a department of Colombia. ... Chibcha hieroglyph Colombias first inhabitants migrated from North and Central America. ... The Muisca was a South American nation that lived mainly in modern day Cundinamarca and Boyacá highlands. ... The Guanes were a South American people that lived mainly in the area of Santander and north of Boyacá, both modern departments of Colombia. ...

In the Seventeenth Century, Lucas Fernández de Piedrahita wrote of the habit of the Laches in bringing up younger male children as culturally female, that is, as berdaches.^[1][2] Berdache (from French, from Arabic bardajo meaning kept boy) is a generic term used by some for a third gender (woman-living-man) among many, if not most, Native American tribes. ...

The name Laches is preserved in a suburb, or barrio, of Bogotá known as Los Laches. Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district. ... Flag Seal Nickname: Athens of Latin America Motto: Y tú, ¿qué sabes de Bogotá? Location Government Localites Usaquén Chapinero Santa Fe San Cristóbal Usme Tunjuelito Bosa Kennedy Fontibón Engativá Suba Barrios Unidos Teusaquillo Los Mártires Antonio Nariño Puente Aranda La Candelaria Rafael Uribe Uribe Ciudad...

References

• Ariza, Gonzalo (1952) Los Laches, Villegas Editores.
• Rodríguez, J.V. (1992) "Características Físicas de la Población Prehispánica de la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia: Implicaciones Etnogenéticas" Maguaré 8: 7-45;
• Rodríguez, J.V. (1996) Dieta, Salud y Demografía Prehispánica en la Cordillera Oriental de Colombia: Mitos y Realidades Sobre el Bienestar Aborigen Departamento de Antropología, Facultad Ciencias Humanas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Santafé de Bogotá.

1. ^ Trexler, Richard C. (1995) Sex and Conquest: Gendered Violence, Political Order, and the European Conquest of the Americas, Cornel Univ. Press, Ithaca, NY, page 86. ISBN 801432243
2. ^ Tribín, Hugo Armando Sotomayor (June 2003) "Una reflexión histórico - antropológica sobre el maltrato infantil en Colombia (Segunda Parte)" Pediatria 38(2) in Spanish;

External links

• La Coctelera: Realidades Colombianas - Historia y Geografía: Asi es Santander 3, 21 June 2003 in Spanish;

See also

• Chibchas
• Guanes
• Muiscas