Laches is a neighbourhood (barrio) of Bogotá, Colombia. It is in the Santa Fe district in east-central Bogotá, on the edge of the forest reserve. In fact, some 4,500 inhabitants, mostly from the poorer strata of society, live in the forest reserve area in illegal dwellings.[2]

Laches
Barrio
Laches Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 04°35′06″N 074°03′56″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Distrito Capital
City	Bogotá
Established[1]	8 December 1961

Borders

Laches lies on the edge of the eastern hills of Bogotá and is bounded on the north by La Peña neighbourhood, on the east by forest reserve, on the south by El Rocio neighbourhood, on the west by Lourdes neighbourhood and on the northwest by El Guavio neighbourhood.

History

Members of the Lache people settled in this area as Bogotá grew. One of the earliest churches, "Nuestra Señora de la Peña" (Our Lady of the Rock) was built in Laches in 1722.[3] The church contains a stone carving weighing 400 kilograms said to depict the "Holy Family" (Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Archangel Michael), which carving was found in 1685 near Cerro Guadalupe.[3]

In 1961, the government officially recognized Laches.[4]

Notes

External links

• Colombia es Color (31 December 2007). "Photo: Barrio Los Laches". Panoramio. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009.
• Roldán, Mariana Escobar. "Photo: Los Laches". Campus Universitario del Puente del Común, Universidad de la Sabana. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013.
• "Map of the Laches area of Bogotá".

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