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The soils of the department have their origin in igneous rocks and volcanic ash derived from sedimentary rocks and alluvial and colluvial materials. According to these materials, located in the county soil units: manila, Parnaz or 200, unit 10 or
Chinchiná and Malabar, being the most extensive in the
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Caramanta (Mistrató), Alto de las Palomas (Pueblo Rico), Alto de Pelahuevos (APIA), Blade la Serna (Mistrató), San Juan Blade (APIA), Blade of the Content (APIA), Blade Tribune (Pereira), Alto del Nudo and
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In the department there are a variety of life zones, which are distributed as follows: BMH-PM (40.3%), BMH-MB (28.7%), BP-pm (9.4%) and the rest (21.5%) are bs -T-T bh, bh-T, bh-PM, bp-MB, BH-F, bp-M, among others.
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589:Federal State of Cauca
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97:Risaralda shown in red
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207: • Governor
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364:[risaˈɾalda]
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74:Coat of arms
662:Pueblo Rico
640:La Virginia
444:Cauca River
381:Coffee axis
183:Established
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1142:San Andrés
1045:La Guajira
750:2018-09-13
684:References
452:Otún River
369:department
338:11th of 33
238:Population
202:Government
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1131:Risaralda
1062:Magdalena
891:Atlántico
871:Antioquia
677:Santuario
437:Río Cauca
426:Geography
356:Risaralda
292:Time zone
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948:Casanare
861:Amazonas
667:Quinchía
650:Mistrató
645:Marsella
635:La Celia
566:Quimbaya
446:and the
420:Medellín
373:Colombia
164:Colombia
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1114:Quindío
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478:History
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192:Capital
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