Quindío

Quindío () is a depairtment o Colombie. It is in the wastren central region o the kintra, crossed bi the Andes muntains. Its caipital is Armenia. It is famous for the quality o the coffee plantations, colorful airchitectur, benign wather, variety o hotel accommodations an touristic laundmerks. This depairtment is locatit in a strategic aurie, in the centre o the triangle formit bi the three main ceeties o the kintra: Bogotá, Medellín an Cali.  Quindio is the seicont smawest Colombie depairtment (0.2% o the naitional territory) wi 12 municipalities. Ethnographically an culturally it belangs taethe Paisa Region.

 Municipalities 
In order o population:
Armenia, caipital ceety. Namit efter the Caucasus republic o Armenie.
Calarca. Named efter Cacique (Chief) Calarca of the Pijao.http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacique_Calarc%C3%A1
La Tebaida. Namit efter the Thebaid region o auncient Egyp.
Circasia. Namit efter the Caucasus region o Circassie.
Montenegro. Namit efter the Balkan republic o Montenegro.
Quimbaya. Namit efter the indigenous Quimbaya ceevilization.
Salento. Namit efter the Salento region in Italy.
Cordoba. Namit efter the Andalusie ceety o Cordoba, Spain.
Pijao. Namit efter the Amerindian Pijao federation.
Génova. Namit efter the Italian ceety o Genoa
Buenavista. Namit efter the Spaingie ceety o Buenavista de Valdavia

References

Freemit airtins
 Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango/Quindío


Category:Depairtments o Colombie
Category:States an territories established in 1966