Florencia, Caquetá
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Florencia (English: Florence) is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia.
[edit] History
Florencia was founded on December 25, 1902 by Capuchin Friar Doroteo De Pupiales (1876-1959) Born in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia.
[edit] Geography
Florencia is located by the steps of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range. The municipality of Florencia limits to the north with the Huila Department and the municipality of El Paujil, to the east with the municipalities of El Paujil and La Montañita, to the south with the municipalities of Milán and Morelia, and to the west with the municipality of Belén de Andaquies and the Huila Department.
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Florencia official website
- (Spanish) Government of Caqueta; Florencia
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