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Risaralda Department
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Risaralda is a department (administrative region) located in Colombia, a country in South America. It is one of Colombia's 32 departments and serves as a territorial division for government and administrative purposes within the nation.
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- Instance of
- department of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Colombia
- Capital
- Pereira
- Population
- 961055
- Area
- 3600.0
- Elevation
- 1516
- Shares border with
- Antioquia
- Official website
- www.risaralda.gov.co
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- Commons category
- Risaralda Department
- topic's main category
- Category:Risaralda Department
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in the department of Risaralda
- inception
- 1966-07-01
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Risaralda Department
- different from
- Risaralda
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Encyclopedic overview
Risaralda ( Spanish pronunciation: [risaˈɾalda]) is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central of the country, in the Andean region, It is part of the Coffee axis with Caldas and Quindío. Its capital is Pereira. Risaralda is very well known for the high quality of its coffee, and a booming industry: automotive, clothes, food, trading of goods and services.
It was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966. The territory is very mountainous and has many kinds of climates in a very small area. Its proximity to harbours such as Buenaventura on the Pacific Region and to the biggest cities in Colombia – Bogotá, Cali, Medellín – makes it a fast-growing economic centre.
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