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Armando Armero is a foundation set up to bring social and economic development to a zone that has been devastated in the aftermath of the last eruption of Ruiz. It has created the Centro de
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1386:Categories
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1200:El Espinal
1170:Casabianca
1145:Anzoategui
968:References
420:Camposanto
405:ghost town
310:Population
273:Government
262:Department
214:74°54′20″W
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1307:Rioblanco
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1257:Mariquita
1175:Chaparral
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1130:Alpujarra
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