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La Palmera Destination Guide

Discover La Palmera in Colombia

La Palmera in the region of Tolima is a town located in Colombia - some 60 mi or ( 97 km ) North-West of Bogotá , the country's capital .

Interactive map of La Palmera

Local time in La Palmera is now 04:48 AM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " America/Bogota " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: San Cristóbal, Mérida, Villavicencio, Puerto Chaguani, and Pereira. When in this area, you might want to check out San Cristóbal . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in La Palmera ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Flying over Colombia Landscape

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Almost close to land in Bogota. Flying from Cali to Bogota ..

Boga Travel Alto Magdalena

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Parte de los viajes y expediciones por Colombia organizadas por Boga Travel. Este trayecto es entre Cambao (Cundinamarca) hasta la desembocadura del río Guarinó en Caldas. Pasando por los Rápidos de H ..


Don Omar Concert

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Interesting facts about this location

Armero tragedy

The Armero tragedy was one of the major consequences of the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia on November 13, 1985. After 69 years of dormancy, the volcano's eruption caught nearby towns unaware, even though the government had received warnings to evacuate the area from multiple volcanological organizations when volcanic activity had been detected in September 1985.

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Located at 4.96 -74.91 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 1985 in Colombia, 1985 natural disasters, 20th-century volcanic events, Natural disasters in Colombia, Populated places in the Tolima Department, Volcanic events

Falán

Falan is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. Falan was founded before 1539, by the Guandecas and Pomponáes tribes. It was discovered by Spanish Baltazar Maldonado in 1539. The population of the municipality was 17,251 as of the 1993 census. The total area of the municipality is 238 km². Most workers work in agriculture although some do logging or mining. The altitude is 930 meters above sea level. Falan was originally inhabited only by indigenous inhabitants.

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Located at 5.13 -74.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Tolima, Populated places in the Tolima Department

Casanare Province

Casanare Province was one of the provinces of Gran Colombia. It belonged to the Boyacá Department which was created in 1824.

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Located at 5.20 -74.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Provinces of Gran Colombia, Provinces of the Republic of New Granada

1994 Paez river earthquake

The Paez river disaster was caused by a rather superficial earthquake (with a 10 km deep hypocenter, 6.4 on the Richter scale) and subsequent mudslide that destroyed the small town of Paez, located on the foothills of the Central Cordillera of the Andes in Cauca Department in South-western Colombia, which took place on June 6, 1994.

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Located at 5.00 -75.00 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: 1994 earthquakes, 1994 in Colombia, Earthquakes in Colombia

Lérida, Tolima

Lérida is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. The population of the municipality was 20,153 as of the 1993 census.

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Located at 4.90 -74.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Municipalities of Tolima, Populated places in the Tolima Department