Risaralda Department
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Risaralda is a department
of Colombia
. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region
. Its capital is Pereira
.
It was divided from the department of Caldas
in 1966. Risaralda is very well known for the high quality of its coffee
, and a booming industry: clothes, food
, trading of goods and services.
The territory is very mountain
ous and has many kinds of climate
in a very small area. Its proximity to harbours like Buenaventura
on the Pacific Ocean
and to the biggest cities in Colombia – Bogotá
, Cali
, Medellín
– makes it a fast growing economic centre.
'Generalities'
Risaralda department with an area of 365,300 ha, is located in the central sector of the central Andean region west of the country between two major poles of economic development (department of Antioquia in northern and southern Cauca Valley, extending between the central and western Cordillera), which slopes down towards the Río Cauca, also borders the departments of Caldas in the north-east, east Tolima, Quindio Chocó south and west.
Department's drainage system consists of two major basins are the Cauca River and the San Juan River. Physiographical formations are covered by the volcanic massifs of the central and western mountain ranges, flat and narrow valleys formed by the natural river basins Otún, Cauca, Risaralda and Old.traducción del español al inglés
Its main stage are: Nevado de Santa Isabel (Pereira), Cerro de Tatamá (Sanctuary), Cerro de Caramanta (Mistrató), Alto de las Palomas (Pueblo Rico), Alto de Pelahuevos (APIA), Blade la Serna (Mistrató) , San Juan Blade (APIA), Blade of the Content (APIA), Blade Tribune (Pereira), Alto del Nudo and Morro Azul (Pereira), Alto de la Campana (APIA) and the Crystalline High (Belen de Umbria .) The soils of the department have their origin in igneous rocks and volcanic ash derived from sedimentary rocks and alluvial and colluvial materials. According to these materials, located in the county soil units: manila, Parnaz or 200, unit 10 or Chinchiná and Malabar, being the most extensive in the coffee or Chinchiná unit 10. As for the classification agrological 6.4% of the departmental area (except the municipalities of Pueblo Rico, Belén de Umbria Mistrató and have not agrological study) corresponds to classes II, III and IV, 77.2% to class V , VI, VII and 16.4% to class VIII and in appearance agrological mainly found Mj units. and Fn., which occupy 58.6% of the total area considered suitable for a variety of crops and forests. In the department there are a variety of life zones, which are distributed as follows: BMH-PM (40.3%), BMH-MB (28.7%), BP-pm (9.4%) and the rest (21.5%) are bs -T-T bh, bh-T, bh-PM, bp-MB, BH-F, bp-M, among others.
History
Before the conquest the territory was inhabited by the Quimbaya, freeloaders and Caramantas. The first to reach the territory conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar was in 1537, later became an expedition led by Juan de Badillo. At the head of some Spanish some towns were founded, but the decline of the indigenous population and the reluctance of Europeans in these lands was to remain abandoned until the mid-nineteenth century, when colonization brought Antioquia coffee cultivation.
During the colonial and early years of the Republic, the region was subject to the province of Popayan, in 1821 became part of the department of Cauca, in 1857 was part of the Federal State of Cauca. In 1905 he was attached to the department of Caldas and in 1966 was created as a separate department with its capital in Pereira.
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Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...
of Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. It is located in the western central region of the country and part of the Paisa Region
Paisa Region
The Paisas are a people who inhabit a region over the northwest Colombia in the Andes.The region is formed by the departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío. Some regions of Valle del Cauca Department and Tolima Department belong to the cultural identity of paisas...
. Its capital is Pereira
Pereira, Colombia
Pereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...
.
It was divided from the department of Caldas
Caldas
Caldas may refer to:*Çaldaş, Azerbaijan* Caldas Department, in Colombia.* Caldas, Antioquia, a town in Antioquia, Colombia.* Caldas, Minas Gerais, a town in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil...
in 1966. Risaralda is very well known for the high quality of its coffee
Coffee
Coffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
, and a booming industry: clothes, food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
, trading of goods and services.
The territory is very mountain
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
ous and has many kinds of climate
Climate
Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elemental measurements in a given region over long periods...
in a very small area. Its proximity to harbours like Buenaventura
Buenaventura
-Myths and legends:*Buenaventura River , a legendary but non-existent river that was once believed to run from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in what is now the western United States-People:...
on the Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
and to the biggest cities in Colombia – Bogotá
Bogotá
Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, Cali
Calì
Calì, also written in English as Cali, is an Italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian side of Sicily.For the surname Calì is assumed the origin of the Greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time."The surname refers to:...
, Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
– makes it a fast growing economic centre.
'Generalities'
Risaralda department with an area of 365,300 ha, is located in the central sector of the central Andean region west of the country between two major poles of economic development (department of Antioquia in northern and southern Cauca Valley, extending between the central and western Cordillera), which slopes down towards the Río Cauca, also borders the departments of Caldas in the north-east, east Tolima, Quindio Chocó south and west.
Department's drainage system consists of two major basins are the Cauca River and the San Juan River. Physiographical formations are covered by the volcanic massifs of the central and western mountain ranges, flat and narrow valleys formed by the natural river basins Otún, Cauca, Risaralda and Old.traducción del español al inglés
Its main stage are: Nevado de Santa Isabel (Pereira), Cerro de Tatamá (Sanctuary), Cerro de Caramanta (Mistrató), Alto de las Palomas (Pueblo Rico), Alto de Pelahuevos (APIA), Blade la Serna (Mistrató) , San Juan Blade (APIA), Blade of the Content (APIA), Blade Tribune (Pereira), Alto del Nudo and Morro Azul (Pereira), Alto de la Campana (APIA) and the Crystalline High (Belen de Umbria .) The soils of the department have their origin in igneous rocks and volcanic ash derived from sedimentary rocks and alluvial and colluvial materials. According to these materials, located in the county soil units: manila, Parnaz or 200, unit 10 or Chinchiná and Malabar, being the most extensive in the coffee or Chinchiná unit 10. As for the classification agrological 6.4% of the departmental area (except the municipalities of Pueblo Rico, Belén de Umbria Mistrató and have not agrological study) corresponds to classes II, III and IV, 77.2% to class V , VI, VII and 16.4% to class VIII and in appearance agrological mainly found Mj units. and Fn., which occupy 58.6% of the total area considered suitable for a variety of crops and forests. In the department there are a variety of life zones, which are distributed as follows: BMH-PM (40.3%), BMH-MB (28.7%), BP-pm (9.4%) and the rest (21.5%) are bs -T-T bh, bh-T, bh-PM, bp-MB, BH-F, bp-M, among others.
History
Before the conquest the territory was inhabited by the Quimbaya, freeloaders and Caramantas. The first to reach the territory conquistador Sebastian de Belalcazar was in 1537, later became an expedition led by Juan de Badillo. At the head of some Spanish some towns were founded, but the decline of the indigenous population and the reluctance of Europeans in these lands was to remain abandoned until the mid-nineteenth century, when colonization brought Antioquia coffee cultivation.
During the colonial and early years of the Republic, the region was subject to the province of Popayan, in 1821 became part of the department of Cauca, in 1857 was part of the Federal State of Cauca. In 1905 he was attached to the department of Caldas and in 1966 was created as a separate department with its capital in Pereira.
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Municipalities
- ApiaApia, RisaraldaApía is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. It is located about 60 km away from district capital Pereira in the valley of the Apia river...
- BalboaBalboa, RisaraldaBalboa is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....
- Belén de UmbríaBelén de UmbríaBelén de Umbría is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. Located at approx. 1.5 hours drive from the city of Pereira. Its population is about 32,000 inhabitants.- References :...
- DosquebradasDosquebradasDosquebradas is the second largest city and a municipality in the Risaralda Department, Colombia. , it had a population of approximately 200,000 inhabitants. The city is connected by the César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct to Pereira, the capital of the department....
- GuaticaGuaticaGuatica is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department of Colombia. Founded in 1537 by Don Ruy de Vanegas, a lieutenant of Sebastian de Belalcazar and by the priest Esteban de Guevara. The town's name derives from Cacique Guática, supreme ruler of the Santa Maria Valley...
- La CeliaLa CeliaLa Celia is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....
- La VirginiaLa VirginiaLa Virginia is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....
- MarsellaMarsellaMarsella is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....
- MistratoMistratoMistrato is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. The town is located about two hours west of Pereira....
- PereiraPereira, ColombiaPereira is the capital city of the Colombian department of Risaralda. It stands in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. Its strategic location in the coffee producing area makes the city an urban...
- Pueblo RicoPueblo Rico, RisaraldaPueblo Rico is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....
- QuinchíaQuinchíaQuinchía, also known as Villa de los Cerros , is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia.In 1985 Quinchía was described as the prettiest village of Risaralda, for governor of that department....
- Santa Rosa de CabalSanta Rosa de CabalSanta Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Risaralda Department, west central Colombia, on the western slopes of the Andean Cordillera Central. It is a commercial and manufacturing centre for the fertile agricultural and pastoral hinterland...
- SantuarioSantuario, RisaraldaSantuario is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia....