Palestina is a town in the south central region of the state of
Caldas,
Colombia
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. Located in the Triangle of Coffee Area, with a culture and tradition related to the colonization of Antioquia and the coffee growing. Because of this, the historic center of the town and surrounding rural areas were named part of the "
Coffee Cultural Landscape"
UNESCO
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World Heritage Site
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in 2011.
Palestina's airport "Aeropuerto Internacional del Café", enables export cargo especially given the proximity to the city 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 ...
(important industrial center), the diversity of agriculture and
agribusiness
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in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise.
The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit ...
in its area of influence – municipalities comprising the departments of
Risaralda,
Caldas,
Quindio and the north of
Valle del Cauca.
This town has very different climatic zones, because its territory is from the banks of the
Cauca River
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, to the county seat located at the top of the mountain.
Climate
External links
* Aeropuerto Internacional del CafÃ
International Airport of Palestina, Colombia* Mayor of Palestina, Caldas, Colombi
Palestina's Mayor* Ecotourism in Palestin
Palestina EcoHotel
References
Municipalities of Caldas Department
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