Cartago Municipality
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Colombian municipality of the department of Valle del Cauca
Key facts
- Country
- Colombia
- Department
- Valle del Cauca Department
- Total
- 279 km (108 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 917 m (3,009 ft)
- Density
- 512/km (1,330/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Cartagüeño
- Time zone
- UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
- Area code
- 57 + 2
- Climate
- Af
- Website
- cartago.gov.co (in Spanish)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Cartago
- Demonym
- Cartaginés
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Valle del Cauca Department
- Population
- 210558
- Area
- 279
- Elevation
- 917
- Time zone
- UTC−05:00
- Body of water
- Cauca River
- Official website
- www.cartago.gov.co
- Image
- Catedral cartago.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Cartago, Valle del Cauca
- Commons category
- Cartago, Valle del Cauca
- inception
- 1540-01-01
- native label
- Cartago
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Encyclopedic overview
Cartago ( Spanish pronunciation: [kaɾˈtaɣo]) is a city in southwestern Colombia, about 301 kilometres (187 mi) west of Bogotá. It is in the extreme northern portion of the Valle del Cauca. It is located very close to the city of Pereira, Risaralda about a 20-minute drive. It is the sixth largest city in Valle after Cali, Palmira, Buenaventura, Tuluá and Jamundí. Per the 2018 Colombian census, Cartago's population was 142,902.
Overview
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cartago Municipality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.