Tarazá | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Coordinates: | 7.5881°N -75.4028°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Antioquia Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Bajo Cauca |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1953 |
Established Title1: | Split from Cáceres |
Established Date1: | 1979 |
Area Total Km2: | 1569 |
Elevation M: | 125 |
Population Total: | 48926 |
Population As Of: | 2020 est.[1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Taraza is a town and municipality in the Bajo Cauca subregion of Antioquia Department, Colombia. It lies from the city of Medellín, the departmental capital, and has a land area of . The municipality was separated from the municipality of Cáceres in 1979.
In April 2008, 24 people were arrested, 40 were injured and at least one was killed in farmers' protests here, instigated by FARC, against the eradication of the coca crop in the area. In the aftermath of this, the municipality declared a humanitarian crisis.[2] [3]
Tarazá has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.