San José, Caldas

San José
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	Location o the municipality an toun o San José in Caldas Depairtment
	Coordinates: 5°05′N 75°47′W / 5.09°N 75.79°W
Kintra	Colombie
Department	Caldas
Province	Lawer Wastren
Foondation	1901
Govrenment
• Mayor	Daniel Ancizar Henao Castaño
Area
• Total	53.6 km2 (20.7 sq mi)
Elevation	1710 m (5,610 ft)
Population
• Total	7,480
Time zone	UTC-5

San José is a toun an municipality locatit in the wastren portion o the Colombie Depairtment o Caldas. It wis oreeginally pairt o Risaralda Municipality till 1997, when it became an unthirlt municipality athin the Caldas Depairtment. The municipality is pairt o the Lawer Wastren Destrict, 67 km frae Manizales. Its name derives frae the arrival o the foonders on the day o Saunt Joseph, 19 Mairch.

The municipality is dividit intae 18 minor copnties or veredas: Altomira, La Paz, Los Caimos, El Contento, Tamboral, Arrayanes, El Bosque, Morroazul, La Primavera, La Libertad, La Cienaga, La Estrella, Guaimaral, Vaticano, El Pacifico, La Morelia, Pueblo Rico an Buena Vista.