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La Tebaida, Quindío
La Tebaida () is a municipality in the western part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It's located 17 km southwest of the departmental capital Armenia. History La Tebaida was founded by Luis Arango Cardona, born in Manizales, Caldas on February 19, 1879. He was one of the first people to undertake systematic archaeological studies of the indigenous tombs (''guacas'') in Quindío. His research led to the publication in 1924 of his two-volume book ''Recuerdos de la guaquería en el Quindío'', the first study of its type in Colombia. In 1899, Arango and his brother had started a farm with an area of 6.7 km² in the south of Armenia. They named their farm La Tebaida, the name of a region in Egypt where Christian monks had sought solitude for contemplation and prayer. In order to increase the productivity of their land, they divided it into 10 hectare blocks. The brothers distributed these to approximately 60 families, who paid the owners with a proportion of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Colombia, Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia, with 1,104 municipality, municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the Colombian Constitution of 1991, constitutional Freedom of association, right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |