Calarcá, Quindío Department, Colombia
🇨🇴 Calarcá is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located 4 km east of the departmental capital Armenia. Its nickname is La Villa del Cacique in homage of its writers. The city was founded in 1886 by Segundo Henao during the time of colonization by people from Antioquia Department. It is the second city in Quindío with major quantity of inhabitants. Located along the Colombian coffee growing axis, it was made part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.
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Calarcá has a population of over 78,779 people. Calarcá also forms one of the centres of the wider Quindío Department which has a population of over 539,904 people. Calarcá is situated 4 km east of Armenia.
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🇨🇴 Armenia, Colombia