| Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia * | |
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The Colombian Cordillera in Quindío is world famous for its rich flavored coffee with Protected designation of origin. |
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| Country | Colombia |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | v, vi |
| Reference | 1121 |
| Region ** | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2011 (35th Session) |
| * Name as inscribed on World Heritage List ** Region as classified by UNESCO |
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Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis (Spanish: Eje Cafetero), also known as Coffee Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Café) is a part of the Colombian Paisa region which is famous for growing and production of a majority of the Colombian coffee, considered by some as the best coffee in the world. There are three departments in the area: Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda. These departments are among the smallest departments in Colombia with a total combined area of 13873 km² (5356 mi²), about 1.2% of the Colombian territory. The combined population is 2,291,195 (2005 census).[1]
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Offers some 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.