Cauca culture (800–1200 CE) is a pre-Columbian culture from the Valle del Cauca in Colombia, named for the Cauca River. Middle Cauca culture dates from...
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Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbaʎe ðel ˈkawka]), is a department in western Colombia abutting the Pacific Ocean. Its capital...
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This is a list of pre-Columbian cultures. Many pre-Columbian civilizations established permanent or urban settlements, agriculture, and complex societal...
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Cali (redirect from Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca)
pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðe ˈkali]), or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,227...
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Popayán (redirect from Popayán, Cauca)
pronunciation: [popaˈʝan] ) is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in the Pubenza Valley in southwestern Colombia between the...
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Calima culture (200 BCE–400 CE) is a series of pre-Columbian cultures from the Valle del Cauca in Colombia. The four societies that successively occupied...
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Colombia is one of the richest in the world. Its main rivers are Magdalena, Cauca, Guaviare, and Caquetá. Colombia has four main drainage systems: the Pacific...
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west of Bogotá. It is in the extreme northern portion of the Valle del Cauca. It is located very close to the city of Pereira, Risaralda about a 20-minute...
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University of Cauca (Spanish: Universidad del Cauca) is a public research university located in the city of Popayán, capital of the department of Cauca, Colombia...
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of Valle del Cauca (Spanish: Gobernador del Valle del Cauca) is the maximum administrative and political authority in the Valle del Cauca Department of...
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Zenú (redirect from Sinú culture)
of farmers and goldsmiths lived in the valleys of the Sinú, San Jorge, Cauca and lower Nechí rivers, all culturally related with similar artistic expressions...
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formally Guadalajara de Buga, is a city and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia. It is famous for its Basilica del Señor de los Milagros...
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Nariño culture is recognized by their pottery, emphasizing the negative painting or positive bicolor. In western Colombia (department of Valle del Cauca),...
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[inˈsa]) is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. It was part of the San Agustín culture in the Pre-Columbian era, and home to the...
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Patía is a Municipality located in Cauca Department, Colombia. The administrative centre of Patía is El Bordo. Within the main touristic attractions of...
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been seen in gold artifacts from the Tolima, Quimbaya, Calima, and Cauca cultures. They used techniques such as "lost wax" casting, rolled gold, filigree...
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Quimbaya (redirect from Quimbaya culture)
civilisation, which was one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern...
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Sevilla is a town and municipality in the Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia. Widely recognized and famous as one of the best Colombian coffee producers...
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Quimbaya artifacts (section Regional artisan cultures)
the Quimbaya civilisation, one of many pre-Columbian cultures of Colombia inhabiting the Middle Cauca River valley and southern Antioquian region of modern-day...
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Hélmer Herrera (category People from Palmira, Valle del Cauca)
Zuleta. Herrera grew up in the Colombian town of Palmira, in the Valle del Cauca Department. While in high school, Herrera studied technical maintenance...
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Tolita culture or Tulato culture, also known as the Tumaco Culture in Colombia or as the Tolita Culture in Ecuador was an archaeological culture that inhabited...
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Pasto (†) Nariño Sindagua (†) Nariño Coconucan Coconucan (†) Cauca Guambiano Cauca Totoró Cauca Bora–Witoto languages Bora Bora Amazonas Miraña Amazonas Muinane...
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Approximately two thirds of the registered Indigenous peoples live in La Guajira, Cauca, Nariño, Córdoba and Sucre Departments. Amazon Basin, a sparsely populated...
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Cerrito is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. This is one of the 42 municipalities of the department. The town...
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Mariana Garcés Córdoba (category Colombian Ministers of Culture)
(Proartes) in Cali, Secretary of Culture and Tourism of Cali, Executive Director of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Valle del Cauca, and at different times, Director...
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Guapi is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. The municipality of Guapi is located on the Guapi River, 4 miles (6.4 km) from the...
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arrowheads and mortars are also similar to those of Popayán and Valle del Cauca. The beginning of the Formative Period was during 1000-600 BC. At that time...
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important towns are Santa Fe de Antioquia, the old capital located on the Cauca River, and Puerto Berrío on the Magdalena. Antioquia is the sixth-largest...
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Tierradentro (redirect from Tierradentro culture)
Department of Cauca, Colombia. The park is located 100 km away from the capital of the Department, Popayán. The Tierradentro culture that created this...
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