Chinchiná (estimated population 84,000) is a municipality located in the
department
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Government and military
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of
Caldas in
Colombia
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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 ...
. Chinchiná is rich in character and beautiful landscapes. Founded in 1857 by Antioquian colonists, Chinchiná is settled in a valley surrounded by
coffee
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S ...
plantations, called "fincas", in the Central Cordillera of the
Andes
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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"
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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in 2011.
An active
volcano
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On Earth, volcanoes are most often found where tectonic plates are ...
,
Nevado del Ruiz
The Nevado del Ruiz (), also known as La Mesa de Herveo ( en, Mesa of Herveo, the name of the nearby town) is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, about west of the capital city Bogotá. It is a strat ...
, 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.
File:303 Chinchina town square.jpg, Chinchiná town square
File:Chinchina from plane.jpg, Aerial view of Chinchiná
References
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Municipalities of Caldas Department
1857 establishments in the Republic of New Granada
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