Ipiales
Sign in to saveIpiales is a city and Catholic bishopric in Nariño Department, southern Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around , with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called "Tuquerres e Ipiales," and lies at a distance of 82 km from Pasto, the department's capital. Ipiales is known as "la ciudad de las nubes verdes" (the city of the green clouds) because sometimes, especially in the afternoon, greenish clouds appear over the city. One of the area's favorite foods is the guinea pig or cavy (Cavia porcellus), called kuy or kuwi. The economy of
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ipiales
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Ipiales - Plaza 20 de Julio.jpg
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- Aerial view of Ipiales and Plaza 20 de Julio
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- Flag of Ipiales.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_Ipiales.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Nariño - Ipiales.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Ipiales in the Nariño Department of Colombia.
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- Colombia
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nariño Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Luis Fernando Villota
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1572
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 14.27
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Nariño Department
- Population
- 169864
- Area
- 1707
- Elevation
- 2892
- Body of water
- Guáitara River
- Official website
- www.ipiales-narino.gov.co
- Image
- Foto aerea de la ciudad de Ipiales.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Tulcán
- Commons category
- Ipiales
- inception
- 1581-00-00
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Article · Português
Ipiales é uma cidade e município da Colômbia, o departamento de Nariño. Está situada na fronteira com o Equador e separada da cidade equatoriana de Tulcán por uma ponte natural, produto da ação do . O lugar é conhecido como , que significa ponte de pedra em língua quéchua. Ipiales se localiza geograficamente sobre o planalto de Túquerres, a uma altura de 2.898 metros acima do nível do mar, o qual lhe possibilta um clima frio agradável com uma temperatura média de 14ºC.
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