Quindío
(Reguidit frae Quindío Depairtment)
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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 Banner  Coat airms | |
| Motto(s): Young, Rich an Pouerful (Spainyie: Joven, Rico y Poderoso) | |
| Anthem: Himno del Quindío | |
.svg) 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
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In 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