Villarrica is a town and municipality in the
Tolima Department of
Colombia. The population of the municipality was 5,903 as of the 1993 census. Most workers work in
agriculture
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people t ...
or cattle
ranching. The altitude is 863 meters above sea level.
The Villarrica region was inhabited in
pre-Columbian
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era spans from the original settlement of North and South America in the Upper Paleolithic period through European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492. Usually, ...
times by the Cuindes and Cundayes. Villarrica was hidden behind the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
mountain range and a thick forest, and the indigenous population was to a great extent undisturbed until 1920, when Don Francisco Pineda López founded an estate called Villarica. The municipality is named after this estate.
External links
Municipality of Villarrica official websiteBlog about Villarrica
Municipalities of Tolima Department
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