San José, Caldas
San José is a toun an municipality locatit in the wastren portion o the Colombie Depairtment o Caldas. It wis oreeginally pairt o Risaralda Municipality till 1997, when it became an unthirlt municipality athin the Caldas Depairtment. The municipality is pairt o the Lawer Wastren Destrict, 67 km frae Manizales. Its name derives frae the arrival o the foonders on the day o Saunt Joseph, 19 Mairch.
San José | |
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 Location o the municipality an toun o San José in Caldas Depairtment | |
| Coordinates: 5°05′N 75°47′W / 5.09°N 75.79°W | |
| Kintra | Colombie |
| Department | Caldas |
| Province | Lawer Wastren |
| Foondation | 1901 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Daniel Ancizar Henao Castaño |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.6 km2 (20.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1710 m (5,610 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,480 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
The municipality is dividit intae 18 minor copnties or veredas: Altomira, La Paz, Los Caimos, El Contento, Tamboral, Arrayanes, El Bosque, Morroazul, La Primavera, La Libertad, La Cienaga, La Estrella, Guaimaral, Vaticano, El Pacifico, La Morelia, Pueblo Rico an Buena Vista.
Tourism
eedit- Alto de la Cruz
- Munt Buenavista
- Monte Contento Changuí
- Munts o Lopez or the Peace
- Oor Lady o Carmen Temple
- Auld Schuil o Saunt Teresita
- Ivery twa years in October, the toun celebrates the Meeths an Legends holidays.
Borders
eedit- North: Risaralda
- Northeast an east: Risaralda an Belalcázar
- Souoth: Belalcázar
- Wast: Viterbo
Rivers
eedit- La Hermosa
- La Mina
- Barcelona
- La Ángela
- Changuí
- La Habana
- El Guamo
References
eedit- (in Spaingie) Así es mi Caldas, San José, "San José", page 83
- (in Spaingie) San Jose website Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine