Caldas Department, Colombia · South America
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Marquetalia is a town located in Caldas Department, Colombia. With a population of 12,146, it is an important destination in South America.
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Marquetalia is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caldas. It is situated on the eastern side of the Cordillera Central and is part of the highland region known as the Oriente Caldense (eastern Caldas) or Alto Oriente (high east). Inhabited originally by native american tribes called Amaníes,Read more
Pantágoras or Palenques by Spanish colonizers, Marquetalia became permanently settled at the end of the XIX century by a wave of creole colonizers from Antioquia, a phenomenon known as the colonización antioqueña (Antioquian colonization). With an economy that revolves mainly around the production of coffee, avocado, plantain, cacao and sugar cane, among other agricultural practices such as cattle ranching, Marquetalia ranked 22nd out of the 27 municipalities that contribute to Caldas' gross domestic product in 2022, with an average annual per capita income of approximately $9.2 million pesos (about USD $2500). It is the third smallest municipality by area of Caldas behind Marmato and La Merced.
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Marquetalia is located in Caldas Department, Colombia, South America. The coordinates are 5.2966 latitude, -75.0550 longitude.
Marquetalia has a population of approximately 12,146 people, making it a town in Colombia.
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