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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
via Wikipedia infobox
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
Sources (8)
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Gallery (42)
On the map
3 mapped locations