Chinchiná is a town and municipality located in the department of Caldas in

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, southwest of

Manizales Manizales () is a city in central Colombia. It is the capital of the Caldas Department, Department of Caldas, and lies near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano. Currently, the city is the main center for the production of Colombian coffee and an importa ...

. Founded in 1857 by Antioquian colonists, Chinchiná is settled in a valley surrounded by

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plantations, called "fincas", in the Central Cordillera of the

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. Known as Colombia's "coffee heart", the town is home to the Buendía coffee factory and Cenicafé, a coffee research center. Because of its close association with coffee production, the municipality was named part of the " Coffee Cultural Landscape"

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in 2011. An active

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Nevado del Ruiz Nevado del Ruiz (), also known as La Mesa de Herveo () is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, being the highest point of both. It is located about west of the capital city Bogotá. It is a stratovolca ...

, lies approximately to the east. Chinchiná is situated at . Its elevation is 1,360 meters (4,462 feet), and has a mean temperature of approximately 20 degrees Celsius.

Climate

File:303 Chinchina town square.jpg, Chinchiná town square File:Chinchina from plane.jpg, Aerial view of Chinchiná

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* * Municipalities of Caldas Department 1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada {{Caldas-geo-stub