La Celia | |
Nickname: | "Paraíso entre montañas" |
Motto: | "Progreso y Paz" |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Risaralda Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Carlos Uriel Isaza Gallego (2024-2027) |
Area Total Km2: | 102 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Population Total: | 9660 |
Population Urban: | 3600 |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1380 |
La Celia ((pronounced as /es/) elevation 1480m[1]) is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. About 67 km away from the capital Pereira. It belongs to the central-western region of the country and the Western Slope of Risaralda, noted for its agricultural and livestock production.
In 1893 Manuel Marín and Martín Ortiz began the colonizing process and thanks to the efforts of their people, in 1915 the hamlet of Barcelona became what we know today as La Celia. A town that for a long time was a district of the Municipality of Santuario and that was finally declared a Municipality on November 30, 1959.[2]
La Celia has a subtropical highland climate with an average annual temperature of 18°C.[3]