Salamina (Caldas) | |
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Municipality and town | |
Nickname: City of Light | |
Coordinates: 5°24′29.99″N75°29′24″W / 5.4083306°N 75.49000°W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Caldas Department |
Founded | 1825 |
Area | |
• Municipality and town | 403.54 km2 (155.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,822 m (5,978 ft) |
Population (2009) [1] | |
• Municipality and town | 18,704 |
• Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
• Urban | 10,933 |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Website | www |
Salamina is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Caldas. It is located north of the department and has a township called San Felix. It was declared a national monument and historic heritage of mankind.
Salamina was founded in 1825 by Fermin Lopez, Francisco Marulanda and others. Salamina is known as the "city of light" because there Caldas has produced many poets, musicians, actors and writers. It is also known as "Mother of Nations" because it was one of the centers from where the founders and first settlers of Neira, Aranzazu, Manizales, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Pereira, Armenia, among others parted. It was elevated to a municipality in 1861.
It has a population of about 20,000 inhabitants, an area of 40,354 hectares and an average temperature of 22 °C (71.6 °F). Its economy is based on coffee and raise livestock and dairy.
Salamina was named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia in 2010. It is the only municipality in the Eje Cafetero that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort. [2] In addition, the town was named part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011. [3]
Chinchiná is a town and municipality located in the department of Caldas in Colombia, 17 kilometres (11 mi) southwest of Manizales. Founded in 1857 by Antioquian colonists, Chinchiná is settled in a valley surrounded by coffee plantations, called "fincas", in the Central Cordillera of the Andes. Known as Colombia's "coffee heart", the town is home to the Buendía coffee factory and Cenicafé, a coffee research center.
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5°24′30″N75°29′24″W / 5.40833°N 75.49°W