Quindío

Depairtment o Quindío Departamento del Quindío
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Young, Rich an Pouerful (Spainyie: Joven, Rico y Poderoso)
Anthem: Himno del Quindío
Quindío shown in red
Coordinates: 4°32′N 75°42′W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Andean Region
Established	1 Julie 1966
Caipital	Armenia
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Julio Cesar López Espinosa (Colombie Leeberal Pairty)
Area
• Total	1845 km2 (712 sq mi)
Area rank	31
Population  (2005)
• Total	518,691
• Rank	22
• Density	280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-QUI
Municipalities	12
Website	www.quindio.gov.co

Quindío (Spaingie pronunciation: [kinˈdi.o]) 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

Salento. Main street

In order o population:

• Armenia, caipital ceety. Namit efter the Caucasus republic o Armenie.
• Calarca. Named efter Cacique (Chief) Calarca of the Pijao.
• 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

Freemit airtins

• Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango/Quindío