cathedral
Las Lajas Sanctuary
A dramatic neo-Gothic basilica built inside a canyon and spanning a river gorge in southern Colombia.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Nariño, Colombia · South America
Samaniego sits on the route: 15 minutes from Linares, 59km from Las Lajas Sanctuary.
Samaniego is a town located in Nariño, Colombia. With a population of 49,085, it is an important destination in South America.
On a road trip, Samaniego sits in Colombia, where you drive on the right. It's in the America/Bogota time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Samaniego to your route.
Samaniego (Spanish pronunciation: [samaˈnjeɣo]) is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.
Samaniego is known as the landscape's city and musical of Nariño. The majority of the city's population is dedicated to coffee and sugar cane to manufacture a handcrafted product named Panela, similar toRead more
sugar. Samaniego is known for having the principal youngest musical competition in Nariño, called the Departmental Competition of Musical Bands and Meeting of Dances in Nariño, where 20 musical bands have a competition to be the best band in Nariño and represent Nariño in other band competitions like in the Vega - Cundinamarca, San Pedro - Valle and Paipa - Boyaca.
Eight people were killed in the August 2020 Massacre of Samaniego. The victims are identified as Brayan Cuaran, Bairón Patiño, Elian Benavides, Daniel Vargas, Laura Riascos, Joan Quintero, Rubén Ibarra, and Óscar Obando.
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Samaniego is located in Nariño, Colombia, South America. The coordinates are 1.3385 latitude, -77.5957 longitude.
Samaniego has a population of approximately 49,085 people, making it a town in Colombia.
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A dramatic neo-Gothic basilica built inside a canyon and spanning a river gorge in southern Colombia.
59 km · about 70 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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