Puracé () is a town and municipality in the

Cauca Department Cauca Department (, ) is a department of Southwestern Colombia. Located in the southwestern part of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Valle del Cauca Department to the north, Tolima Department to the northeast, Huila De ...

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

. An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz is an early depiction of four indigenous people in Puracé wearing straw hats and

ruana A ruana (possibly from Spanish language, Spanish ''ruana'' "ragged" or Quechuan languages, Quechua ''ruana'' "textile") is a poncho-style outer garment native to the Colombian and Venezuelan Andes. In Colombia, the ruana is the characteristic and ...

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Municipalities of Cauca Department {{Cauca-geo-stub