Florida, Valle del Cauca
Municipality and town in Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia
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Florida in the Valle del Cauca Department.
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Florida (Spanish pronunciation: [floˈɾiða]) is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
Its first inhabitants were indigenous peoples, mestizos, afro-Latinos and mulattos.[citation needed] Local rivers are the Fraile, Parraga, and Desbaratado. The main road is la Calle Novena ("Ninth Street").
La Hoya, a pool of water formed by a section of the Fraile River, attracts tourists.[2]
In 2008 FARC requested this municipality together with Pradera as free areas for them to negotiate to exchange 44 hostages they held for guerilla fighters imprisoned by the Colombian government.[3]
Notable people
- Jherson Vergara, footballer
- Róbinson Zapata, football player
- Juan Camilo Angulo, Football player
References
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Florida municipality with localities
- ^ Florida: Recuperando la Memoria Colectiva. Convenio Interinstitucional de Cooperacion y Cofinanciacion. Florida, Valle del Cauca. 2006.
- ^ El Tiempo, Enero 15 de 2008, Farc insisten en despeje de Florida y Pradera (Valle) para hacer el acuerdo humanitario
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Municipalities in the Valle del Cauca Department
- Alcalá
- Andalucía
- Ansermanuevo
- Argelia
- Bolívar
- Buenaventura
- Buga
- Bugalagrande
- Caicedonia
- Cali
- Calima
- Candelaria
- Cartago
- Dagua
- El Águila
- El Cairo
- El Cerrito
- El Dovio
- Florida
- Ginebra
- Guacarí
- Jamundí
- La Cumbre
- La Unión
- La Victoria
- Obando
- Palmira
- Pradera
- Restrepo
- Riofrío
- Roldanillo
- San Pedro
- Sevilla
- Toro
- Trujillo
- Tuluá
- Ulloa
- Versalles
- Vijes
- Yotoco
- Yumbo
- Zarzal
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