Florida () is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca,

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. Its first inhabitants were indigenous peoples, mestizos, afro-Latinos and mulattos. Local rivers are the Fraile, Parraga, and Desbaratado. The main road is la Calle Novena ("Ninth Street"). La Hoya, a pool of water formed by a section of the Fraile River, attracts tourists.Florida: Recuperando la Memoria Colectiva. Convenio Interinstitucional de Cooperacion y Cofinanciacion. Florida, Valle del Cauca. 2006. In 2008

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requested this municipality together with

Pradera Pradera () is a town and municipality in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Valle del Cauca Department, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Pradera is one of 42 municipalities in Valle del Cauca Department, Valle de Cauca, and is located in the ...

as free areas for them to negotiate to exchange 44 hostages they held for guerilla fighters imprisoned by the Colombian government.El Tiempo, Enero 15 de 2008, Farc insisten en despeje de Florida y Pradera (Valle) para hacer el acuerdo humanitario
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Notable people

* Jherson Vergara, footballer *

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, football player * Juan Camilo Angulo, Football player *

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, football player

Climate

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Florida, Valle Del Cauca Municipalities of Valle del Cauca Department Geography of Colombia