Caicedonia () is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, situated about 172 km from the capital Cali. Founded in 1910 by

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and a group of settlers from Antioquia, Caldas, and Tolima, it was named after

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and became a municipality in 1923. Mostly mountainous, its economy is based on agriculture and commerce, its main exports are corn, coffee, sugarcane and bananas. Given its location on the border with the

Quindío Department Quindío () is a department of Colombia. It is in the western central region of the country, crossed by the Andes mountains. Its capital is Armenia. It is famous for the quality of the coffee plantations, colorful architecture, benign weather, ...

, only 35 km from that department's capital,

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, Caicedonia belongs ethnographically and culturally to the

Paisa region A Paisa is someone from a region in the northwest of Colombia, including part of the West and Central ''cordilleras'' of the Andes in Colombia. The Paisa region is formed by the departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío. S ...

References

External links

Government of Valle del Cauca: Caicedonia

Caicedonia official website
Municipalities of Valle del Cauca Department 1910 establishments in Colombia Populated places established in 1910 {{ValledelCauca-geo-stub