Popayán

Also known as Popayan

Hauptstadt des kolumbianischen Departamento del Cauca

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Popayán is the capital city of Cauca, a department in southwestern Colombia located high in the Andes mountains between two major mountain ranges. With a population of over 318,000 people, it serves as an important regional center in one of Colombia's key administrative divisions.

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Popayán
Settlement.type: Municipality and city
Settlement.nickname: La ciudad blanca (The White City)
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Popayán.svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo de Popayán.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Cauca - Popayán.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the City and municipality of Popayán in the Cauca Department.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Departamento
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Cauca
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Juan Carlos Muñoz(2024-2027)
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 13 January 1537
Settlement.founder: Sebastián de Belalcázar

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Country: Colombia
Located in: Cauca Department
Population: 300837
Area: 512
Elevation: 1760
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Capital of: Cauca Department
Founded by: Sebastián de Belalcázar
Official website: www.popayan.gov.co
Image: Cldas.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Popayán
twinned administrative body: Seville
Commons category: Popayán
category for people born here: Q8068747
Commons gallery: Popayán
category of associated people: Category:People from Popayán
inception: 1537-01-01
postal code: 190001–190019
member of: Creative Cities Network
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

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Popayán ist die Hauptstadt und eine Gemeinde (municipio) des kolumbianischen Departamento del Cauca. Da viele öffentliche und private Bauten traditionell weiß angestrichen sind, wird Popayán auch die weiße Stadt (spanisch La Ciudad Blanca) genannt. Popayán ist eine Universitätsstadt mit Sitz der 1827 gegründeten Universidad del Cauca und auch Sitz des 1546 gegründeten Erzbistums Popayán. Unter den Städten Kolumbiens ist Popayán diejenige, in der die meisten späteren kolumbianischen Präsidenten geboren wurden.

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