La Florida, Nariño | |
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: | Nariño Department |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 139 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
Population Total: | 9047 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
La Florida (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.
The village of La Florida was founded on 11 November 1820 under the original name of Mombuco which means "small valley". It was founded by Juan Meneses and formed part of the dioceses of San Bartholome of Matituy. It was renamed in 1843 to the name of La Florida.
Its current population is of 25,529.