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1,337 Articles of interest in Colombia

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  • 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake

    The 1999 Armenia, Colombia earthquake occurred on 25 January at 13:19 with an epicenter 25 miles (40 km) west south west of Ibagué, Colombia. The shock heavily affected the city of Armenia, Colombia in the Quindío department, and about 18 other town…

  • Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez

    Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez, is a multi-use All-seater stadium in Barranquilla, Colombia. It is the home stadium of local football team Atlético Junior. It was built with a capacity of 65,000 for the Colombian World Cup bid in 1986. The s…

  • Atlético Bucaramanga

    Club Atlético Bucaramanga S.A., better known as Atlético Bucaramanga, is a professional Colombian football (soccer) team based in Bucaramanga. Since 2009 it has played in the Categoría Primera B, the second division of Colombian football.

  • Senate of Colombia

    The Senate of the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: Senado de la República de Colombia) is the upper house of the Congress of Colombia, with the lower house being the House of Representatives.

  • Lloró

    Lloró is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. It claims the second world record for highest average annual precipitation with 12,717 mm (501 in) after López de Micay which holds the record with 12,892.4 mm (508 in). The rainfal…

  • Gorgona Island, Colombia

    Gorgona is a Colombian island in the Pacific Ocean situated about 35 km (22 mi) off the Colombian Pacific coast . The island is 9 km (5.6 mi) and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) wide, with a maximum height of 338 m (1,109 ft) and a total area of 26 km2 (10 sq mi).

  • Palmira, Valle del Cauca

    Palmira (pronounced pälmē'rä) is a city and municipality in southwestern Colombia in the Valle del Cauca Department, located about 17 miles (27 km) east from Cali, the department's capital and main city.

  • Colombian National Museum

    The National Museum of Colombia (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Colombia) is the National Museum of Colombia housing collections on its history, art, culture. Located in Bogotá downtown, is the biggest and oldest museum in Colombia.

  • Cauca River

    The Cauca River (Spanish: Río Cauca) is a river in Colombia that lies between the Occidental and Central cordilleras. From its headwaters in southwestern Colombia near the city of Popayán, it joins the Magdalena River near Magangué in Bolívar Depart…

  • Tuluá

    Tuluá (pronounced /toolu-wA/ ) is a city located in the heart of the Cauca Valley, Colombia Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth largest city after Cali, the department capital, Buenaventura …

  • Salento, Quindío

    Salento is a town and municipality in the north-east of the department of Quindío, Colombia. The municipality covers an area of 377.67 km2. It was the first settlement in Quindío of the modern era, and the first municipality founded in the departmen…

  • Ipiales

    Ipiales is a city in Nariño Department, Colombia, near the border with Ecuador. It is located at around (0°49′49″N77°38′40″W), with an elevation of about 2950 m. Ipiales is located on the high plateau called "Tuquerres e Ipiales," the city lies at …

  • Cordillera Occidental (Colombia)

    The Cordillera Occidental (English: West Andes) is the lowest in elevation of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The average altitude is 2,000 m (6,600 ft) and the highest peak is Cerro Tatamá at 4,250 m (13,940 ft). The range extends from s…

  • Cordillera Central (Colombia)

    The Cordillera Central (English: Central Andes) is the highest of the three branches of the Colombian Andes. The range extends from south to north dividing from the Colombian Massif in Cauca Department to the Serranía de San Lucas in Bolivar Departm…

  • Simón Bolívar Park

    The Simón Bolívar Metropolitan Park best known as the Simón Bolívar Park is a greenspace and entertainment and sports complex located in the middle of the city of Bogotá, Colombia.

  • Santa Fe de Antioquia

    Santa Fe de Antioquia is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. The city is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of Medellín, the department capital.

  • San Gil

    San Gil is a town municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2005, San Gil had a population of roughly 42,000 people w…

  • Muzo

    Muzo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmuso]) is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Western Boyacá Province. It is widely known for the nearby emerald mines containing arguably the world's highest quality ge…

  • Olaya Herrera Airport

    Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera) (IATA: EOH, ICAO: SKMD) is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, which serves regional and domestic flights. Additionally, the airport is used by general aviation and features sev…

  • El Totumo

    El Totumo Mud Volcano (Spanish: Volcán de Lodo El Totumo) is a mud volcano located in northern Colombia in the municipality of Santa Catalina. A local tourist destination, popular for its alleged healing mud-bath, it receives most of its visitors fr…

  • Estadio Deportivo Cali

    Estadio Deportivo Cali is a football (soccer) stadium in Palmira near Cali, Colombia. Deportivo Cali Stadium opened in 2010, and it is the home field for Deportivo Cali football team. Its original capacity was for 61,890 people but it was reduced to…

  • Jardín

    El Jardín, often simply referred to as Jardín (English: Garden), is a town and municipality in the southwest region of Antioquia, Colombia. It is bounded by the Andes, Jericó, and Támesis municipalities to the north and the Caldas department to the …

  • National Coffee Park

    The National Coffee Park (Parque Nacional del Café) is a theme park located in the department of Quindío, Colombia, 4 km south-west of the town of Montenegro and 11 km west of the departmental capital city Armenia. The park can be reached from a cab…

  • Chicamocha National Park

    Chicamocha National Park (Spanish:Parque Nacional del Chicamocha) also known as Panachi is a Colombian national level natural park along the Chicamocha Canyon (Cañón del Chicamocha) located 50 km from the city of Bucaramanga, Santander. The site is …

  • University of Valle

    The University of Valle (Spanish: Universidad del Valle), also called Univalle, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institut…

  • University of Antioquia

    The University of Antioquia (Spanish: Universidad de Antioquia), also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia with regional campuses in Amalfi, Andes, Ca…