The Colombian coffee region ( Spanish : Eje Cafetero ), also known as the Coffee Triangle ( Spanish : Triángulo del Café ) is a part of the Paisa region in the rural area of Colombia . It is famous for growing and producing the majority of Colombian coffee . There are four departments in the area: Caldas , Quindío , Risaralda and Tolima . The most visited cities are Manizales , Armenia , Pereira , and Ibagué .
15-790: Coffee was first grown commercially in Colombia in Salazar de las Palmas , north of Santander, and over the twentieth century grew to be Colombia's primary export . When coffee was first brought into the country, the leaders tried to push the farming of coffee beans, but was met with resistance from the people because it takes about 5 years until the first harvest of the bean. In 1999 coffee revenues represented 3.7% of gross domestic product (gdp) and 37% of agricultural employment. The main coffee-producing departments are: Nariño , Norte de Santander , Antioquia , Valle del Cauca , Huila , Tolima , Caldas , Risaralda , Quindio and Cundinamarca . The area between
30-548: A Paisa farmer wearing a carriel , aguadeño hat and poncho , and accompanied by a mule, has become a triumph of advertising communication. Juan Valdez has been considered in United States as the advertising image of greater recall among the inhabitants of that country in the year 2005. Eighteen urban settlements across six sites within the coffee axis and extending southwards into the Valle del Cauca department were inscribed on
45-472: A municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments . The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the Federación Colombiana de Municipios (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under
60-476: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Municipalities of Colombia The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia . Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities ( municipios ). Each one of them is led by a mayor ( alcalde ) elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at
75-594: Is the National Park of Culture Agriculture - 'Panaca' , also located in the Municipality of Quimbaya in Quindio. Its key feature is that, unlike zoos, visitors are immersed in a personal and direct contact with farm animals and also enjoy scheduled activities and events with those animals. Other attractions in the area include: Tourist excursions offer trekking to some of Colombia's top coffee cultivating land as well as
90-610: The UNESCO World Heritage List in 2011 as the Coffee Cultural Landscape. These sites are representative of the entire coffee axis, preserving multiple different forms of traditional coffee growing, in addition to the culture of the region and the locations of several unique festivals. The World Heritage site is composed of many of the urban centers within the region, including Armenia , Calarcá , Salamina , Pereira , and Riosucio , as well as smaller towns and
105-552: The earthquake of 1875 . The chapel has an retable of Nuestra Señora de Belén, which is believed to have been found by a woman named Lucía in one of the stones of the Trinidad Creek in the 1600s. The Santurban Regional Natural Park in Salazar de las Palmas [ es ] comprises approximately 19,088 hectares delimited by CORPONOR. The municipality also has several lagoons such as Los Bueyes, Peroneo and Triaca. Salazar has
120-418: The constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 the municipalities have the categories listed below: The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and
135-481: The country's native palm tree - the Wax Palm , which grows up to 60 metres tall. Salazar de las Palmas Salazar de las Palmas ( Spanish pronunciation: [salaˈsaɾ ðe las ˈpalmas] ) is a Colombian municipality and town located in the department of North of Santander . The municipality bears the name of Salazar in honor of the oidor Alonso Pérez de Salazar [ es ] , in addition to
150-518: The departments of Caldas, Risaralda, Quindío and Tolima is known as the Coffee Zone because of the large development experienced by the cultivation of this product. This region was strongly affected by an earthquake that was 6.4 on the Richter scale on January 25, 1999, but subsequently the region's economy recovered rapidly. Weather conditions (8 °C to 24 °C), geographical (Andean Rainforest) and
165-636: The fact that "Las Palmas" refers to the fact that when the town was established it was characterized by a large vegetation of palm trees. In 1583, Captain Alonso Esteban Rangel founded Salazar de las Palmas. The village was established to facilitate access to the Madgalena River in the New Kingdom of Granada , in addition to creating a new frontier with the Motilones natives. The construction of
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#1732941733338180-412: The geological region, determine the production of high quality coffee, with relatively short harvest periods. Farmers in the area have developed techniques for growing, harvesting and processing of grain, and all done "grain by grain", and have retained this form of processing industry despite new techniques of mass agricultural industrialization. The famous advertising icon " Juan Valdez ", represented by
195-524: The northern lagoon complex of Cáchira (Spanish: Complejo Lagunar Norte Cáchira ), which also includes parts of the Arboledas and Cáchira municipalities. The Regional Natural Park, abbreviated as PNR, was declared by agreement number 020 of 2013 and it is located in the northern lagoon complex. 7°46′25″N 72°48′44″W / 7.77361°N 72.81222°W / 7.77361; -72.81222 This Norte de Santander Department location article
210-525: The parish church of San Pablo began in 1889, it was blessed by the bishop of the Diocese of Nueva Pamplona , Evaristo Blanco in 1915. It is estimated that the cost of the construction of the church was two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. As of 1953, the municipal seat had two churches, the parish of San Pablo with a modern style architecture and the old chapel of Belén, made of adobe and tapia materials. The Belén chapel suffered damage to one of its towers after
225-745: The surrounding rural coffee farmlands. The region has developed major theme parks such as the Colombian National Coffee Park located in the town of Montenegro in Quindio. In the area is also the Museum of Culture Coffee , showing the process from grain production to savoring a traditional Colombian coffee. This museum, like all the other theme parks, are replicas of the colonial city, where tourists enjoy dance performances and traditional music, panoramic views from cable car with its lush landscape, and various rides. Another unique theme park in Colombia
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