Quindío
Quindío (Spaingie pronunciation: [kinˈdi.o]) is a depairtment o Colombie. It is in the wastren central region o the kintra, crossed bi the Andes muntains. Its caipital is Armenia. It is famous for the quality o the coffee plantations, colorful airchitectur, benign wather, variety o hotel accommodations an touristic laundmerks. This depairtment is locatit in a strategic aurie, in the centre o the triangle formit bi the three main ceeties o the kintra: Bogotá, Medellín an Cali. Quindio is the seicont smawest Colombie depairtment (0.2% o the naitional territory) wi 12 municipalities. Ethnographically an culturally it belangs taethe Paisa Region.
Depairtment o Quindío Departamento del Quindío | |
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Motto(s): Young, Rich an Pouerful (Spainyie: Joven, Rico y Poderoso) | |
Anthem: Himno del Quindío | |
Quindío shown in red | |
Coordinates: 4°32′N 75°42′W / 4.533°N 75.700°W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Region | Andean Region |
Established | 1 Julie 1966 |
Caipital | Armenia |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Julio Cesar López Espinosa (Colombie Leeberal Pairty) |
Area | |
• Total | 1845 km2 (712 sq mi) |
Area rank | 31 |
Population (2005)[1] | |
• Total | 518,691 |
• Rank | 22 |
• Density | 280/km2 (730/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-05 |
ISO 3166 code | CO-QUI |
Municipalities | 12 |
Website | www.quindio.gov.co |
Municipalities
eeditIn order o population:
- Armenia, caipital ceety. Namit efter the Caucasus republic o Armenie.
- Calarca. Named efter Cacique (Chief) Calarca of the Pijao.[2]
- La Tebaida. Namit efter the Thebaid region o auncient Egyp.
- Circasia. Namit efter the Caucasus region o Circassie.
- Montenegro. Namit efter the Balkan republic o Montenegro.
- Quimbaya. Namit efter the indigenous Quimbaya ceevilization.
- Salento. Namit efter the Salento region in Italy.
- Cordoba. Namit efter the Andalusie ceety o Cordoba, Spain.
- Pijao. Namit efter the Amerindian Pijao federation.
- Génova. Namit efter the Italian ceety o Genoa
- Buenavista. Namit efter the Spaingie ceety o Buenavista de Valdavia