Bajo Occidente Subregion

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Lower Western District

Distrito Bajo Occidente
District
Country Colombia
Department Caldas
Time zone UTC−5 (COT)

The Lower Western District is a subregion of the Colombian Department of Caldas. [1] [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Caldas Department (Colombia)". crwflags. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "RELACIÓN UNIVERSIDAD-ESTADO-SOCIEDAD CIVIL EN LA FORMULACIÓN DE POLÌTICAS PÙBLICAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL" (PDF). bdigital. Retrieved 28 January 2019.


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