Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis (Spanish: Eje Cafetero de Colombia) a part the Colombian Paisa region famous for the growing and production of a majority of the Colombian coffee, which is renowned as some of the best coffee in the world. The axis is composed of three departments: Caldas, Quindio and Risaralda. These departments are among the smallest departments in Colombia with a total combined area of 13873 km² (5356 mi²), this amounts to roughly 1.2% of the Colombian territory. The combined population is 2,291,195 (2005 census) [1]
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Main urban centers
Tourism
- Colombian National Coffee Park
- Nevado del Ruiz
- PANACA Park
- Cocora valley, Salento.
Offers some amazing trekking and the chance to see some of Colombia's top coffee cultivating land as well as the country's native palm tree - the Wax Palm, which grows up to 60 metres tall
See also
- Juan Valdez (International gourmet coffee brand)
- Pereira, Risaralda (Colombian City)
- Armenia, Quindío (Colombian City)
- 1999 Armenia earthquake
- Manizales, Caldas (Colombian City)
- Risaralda (Colombian department)
- Quindío (Colombian department)
- Caldas (Colombian department)
- Antioquia (Colombian department)
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