Cartago, Valle del Cauca
Cartago (pronunciation kärtä'gō) is a ceety in soothwastren Colombie, aboot 187 mile wast o Bogotá. It is in the extreme northren portion o Valle del Cauca. It is locatit vera close tae the ceety o Pereira, aboot a 20 minute drive. It is the fowert lairgest ceety in Valle efter Cali, Palmira, an Tuluá. In 2003, it haed a population o approximately 132,000 indwallers.
Cartago | |
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Municipality an ceety | |
 Cathedral o Cartago | |
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 Location o the municipality an toun o Cartago in Valle del Cauca, Colombie. | |
  Cartago Location in Colombie | |
| Coordinates: 4°42′N 75°55′W / 4.700°N 75.917°W | |
| Kintra |  Colombie |
| Depairtment | Valle del Cauca |
| Foondit | 1540 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 279 km2 (108 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 917 m (3,009 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 124,242 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Cartagüeño |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombie Staundart Time) |
| Area code(s) | 57 + 2 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie) |
Owerview
eeditCartago featurs wairm wather, aboot 27 degrees Celsius or mair on a teepical day. The ceety is hame tae multiple fermhooses an ferm awners, recreational steids, discos an condos frequentit bi fowk comin frae Pereira.
Education
eeditThe University o Valle haes a branch campus in Cartago. The main Universidad del Valle campus is based in Cali, the depairtment caipital. The Cartago branch campus address is locatit at Calle 10 N° 19-05.
Cultur
eeditArtesanías (handcraftit products) are sauld in several street stores in the ceety.
Transportation
eedit- Santa Ana Airport serves the ceety wi daily flicht bi Easyfly direct frae Bogota.
- Matecaña Internaitional Airport, serves the nearbi ceety o Pereira
- Cartago haes an extensive netwirk for taxis in the ceety, as well as minibuses (cried Busetas).
Notables
eedit- Billy Pontoni - sangster