Risaralda

Table of Contents: Culture and History / Travel to Risaralda, visa requirements / Get around / Risaralda attractions and sightseeing / City tours / Shopping, Risaralda souvenirs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Risaralda nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Get out More from Colombia: Andean Highlands (Colombia), Antioquia, Bogotá, Cúcuta, Caribbean Lowlands, Cartagena, Colombian Amazon, Eastern Plains, Isla Gorgona, Leticia, Pacific Lowlands, Risaralda, San Andrés and Providencia, Tierradentro More from South America: Amazonia, Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Los Roques, Pantanal, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Tierra del Fuego, Uruguay, Venezuela

Risaralda is a department of Colombia. It is located in the western central region of the country. Its capital is Pereira.

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Risaralda was divided from the department of Caldas in 1966. Risaralda is very well known for the high quality of its coffee, and a booming industry: clothes, food, trading of goods and services.

The territory is very mountainous and has many kinds of climate in a very small area. Its proximity to harbours like Buenaventura on the Pacific Ocean and to the biggest cities in Colombia – Bogotá, Cali, Medellin – it a fast growing economic centre.

Capital: Pereira

Municipalities:

• Apia
• Balboa
• Belén de Umbría
• Dosquebradas
• Guatica
• La Celia
• La Virginia
• Marsella
• Mistrato
• Pueblo Rico
• Quinchía
• Santa Rosa de Cabal
• Santuario

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Travel to Risaralda, visa requirements

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Get around

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Risaralda attractions and sightseeing

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City tours

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Shopping, Risaralda souvenirs

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Good restaurants and cheap meals

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Risaralda nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.

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Hotels, youth hostels, lodging

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Get out

More from Colombia: Andean Highlands (Colombia), Antioquia, Bogotá, Cúcuta, Caribbean Lowlands, Cartagena, Colombian Amazon, Eastern Plains, Isla Gorgona, Leticia, Pacific Lowlands, Risaralda, San Andrés and Providencia, Tierradentro More from South America: Amazonia, Andes, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Guyana, Los Roques, Pantanal, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Tierra del Fuego, Uruguay, Venezuela

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