Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis

Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Colombian Cordillera in Quindío is world famous for its rich flavored coffee with Protected designation of origin.
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

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]

Main urban centers

• Pereira, Risaralda Department
• Armenia, Quindío Department
• Manizales, Caldas Department
• Medellín , Antioquia Department

Tourism

• Colombian National Coffee Park Montenegro
• Nevado del Ruiz
• PANACA Parque
• Cocora valle, Salento. Pereira
• Matecaña City Zoo

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.

See also

• Juan Valdez (International gourmet coffee brand)
• Pereira, Risaralda (Colombian City)
• Armenia, Quindío (Colombian City)
• 1999 Armenia earthquake
• Manizales, Caldas (Colombian City)
• Risaralda (Colombian department)
• Quindío (Colombian department)
• Caldas (Colombian department)
• Antioquia (Colombian department)
• Coffee production in Colombia

References

1. ^ http://www.dane.gov.co/censo_regiones.swf Colombian government census

External links

Colombia portal

• Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis travel guide from Wikitravel
• The region's official tourism portal (English)
• Coffee region travel page on Colombia Reports (English)