Salento (Colombia)

Salento
Coordinates: 4 ° 38 ′ N , 75 ° 34 ′ W Salento on the map of Colombia	Salento
	Salento
	Location of Salento in Quindío
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Quindío
City foundation	1842
Residents	7103 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	377 km 2
Population density	19 people / km 2
height	1895 m
Waters	Río Quindío
Time zone	UTC -5
City Presidency	Juan Miguel Galvis Bedoya (2016-2019)
Website	www.salento-quindio.gov.co/index.shtml
	View of Salento
	The Calle Real in Salento
	The Plaza Bolívar with church Nuestra Señora del Carmen

Salento is a municipality ( municipio ) in the department of Quindío in Colombia's coffee-growing region (Eje cafetero) .

geography

The center of Salento is at an altitude of 1895 m above sea level. NN 25 km north of Armenia and has an average annual temperature of 17 ° C. The municipality is located in the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes . The height ranges from 1300 m above sea level. NN up to 4750 m above sea level NN . Salento is bordered to the north by Pereira in the Risaralda department , to the south by Calarcá and Armenia, to the west by Circasia and Filandia and to the east by Ibagué , Cajamarca , Anzoátegui and Santa Isabel in the Tolima department .

population

The municipality of Salento has 7103 inhabitants, of which 3826 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

history

Salento was founded on October 26th 1842 and is the oldest municipality in Quindíos. The region was settled from Antioquia .

economy

The main industries are agriculture and tourism . Mainly coffee is grown . Over a million tourists flock to the place every year.

tourism

The Cocora valley with wax palms.

Salento is a popular tourist destination. It has preserved the traditional architecture of Colombia's coffee zone. In the center is the main square, Plaza Bolívar, with the Nuestra Señora del Carmen church . Calle Real leads off the square and is where most of the old houses and many shops are located.

Salento is the starting point for excursions to coffee farms as well as to the Cocora Valley , which is known for its landscape, in which the Quindio wax palm occurs in particular . In addition, the Parque Nacional Natural Los Nevados can be reached from Salento , a Colombian national park with snow-capped Andean mountains.

The typical food of Salento is trout from the Cocora Valley, served on thin patacones .

Web links

Commons : Salento - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldía Municipal Salento Quindío. Alcaldía de Salento - Quindío, accessed on April 15, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Salento - Quindío, accessed April 15, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on April 15, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
↑ FAS No. 35, September 3, 2017, p. 66.
↑ Salento, pueblito de Palma de cera y artesanías. colombia.travel - Quindío, accessed April 15, 2019 (Spanish).

[municipio-1] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Salento - Quindío, accessed April 15, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[2] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on April 15, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[3] FAS No. 35, September 3, 2017, p. 66.

[4] Salento, pueblito de Palma de cera y artesanías. colombia.travel - Quindío, accessed April 15, 2019 (Spanish).