Palestina, Caldas | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Caldas Department |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 118 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
Population Total: | 13560 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1630 |
Palestina is a town in the south central region of the state of Caldas, Colombia. Located in the Triangle of Coffee Area, with a culture and tradition related to the colonization of Antioquia and the coffee growing. Because of this, the historic center of the town and surrounding rural areas were named part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.[3]
Palestina's airport "Aeropuerto Internacional del Café", enables export cargo especially given the proximity to the city of Manizales (important industrial center), the diversity of agriculture and agribusiness in its area of influence – municipalities comprising the departments of Risaralda, Caldas, Quindio and the north of Valle del Cauca.
This town has very different climatic zones, because its territory is from the banks of the Cauca River, to the county seat located at the top of the mountain.