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Armenia is a medium-sized city and part of the "coffee axis" along with Pereira and Manizales. It's one of the main centers of the national economy and of the Colombian coffee growing axis. As a result, the historic center of Armenia was named as part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" of UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
Quindío Department. Quindío (Spanish pronunciation: [kinˈdi.o]) is a department of Colombia. It's located in the western central of the country, specifically in the Andean region. Its capital is Armenia. It's famous for the quality of the coffee plantations, colorful architecture, benign weather, variety of hotel accommodations and tourist ...
The Cocora Valley is located on the upper reaches of the Quindío River, the main river of the namesake department, located at an altitude between 1800 and 2400 meters.. The valley is approximately 24 km north-east of the departmental capital Armenia, and accessed via a junction from the Armenia-Pereira highway, running via Boquia to the town of Sale
1,650 m (5,410 ft) Population. (2023) • Total. 5,439. Time zone. UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) Pijao is a municipality in the south-eastern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. The town is located 31 km south of the departmental capital Armenia in the Colombian coffee growing axis, it's part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO ...
UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) Circasia (Spanish pronunciation: [siɾˈkasja]) is a municipality in the northern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located 7 km north of the department's capital Armenia. Located within the Colombian coffee growing axis, the historic center of Circasia was made part of the "Coffee Cultural ...
La Tebaida was founded by Luis Arango Cardona, born in Manizales, Caldas on February 19, 1879. He was one of the first people to undertake systematic archaeological studies of the indigenous tombs (guacas) in Quindío. His research led to the publication in 1924 of his two-volume book Recuerdos de la guaquería en el Quindío, the first study ...
Website. parquedelcafe.co. Parque del Café (Coffee Park) is a theme park in the department of Quindío, Colombia, 4 km south-west of the town of Montenegro and 11 km west of the departmental capital city Armenia. The park was founded by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (La Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) and ...
Colombia is a unitary republic made up of thirty-two administrative divisions referred to as departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. departamento) and one Capital District (Distrito Capital). [1] Each department has a governor (gobernador) and an Assembly (Asamblea Departamental), elected by popular vote for a four-year period.