Central Cordillera (Colombia) - Cordigliera Centrale (Colombia)

Central Cordillera (Cordillera Central) is one of the three main branches into which the Andes mountain range in Colombia.

To know

The Central Cordillera extends from the Nudo de Almaguer (or Colombian massif), in department of Cauca, at the Serranía de San Lucas, in department of Bolívar.

The Central Cordillera is bounded by the valleys of the Cauca and Magdalena rivers to the west and east respectively.

On this mountain range is the so-called coffee axis (Eje cafetero). It has several snow-capped mountains, including the Nevado del Ruiz volcano, the Nevado de Santa Isabel volcano, the Nevado del Huila volcano, the Nevado del Tolima volcano and the Santa Rosa, Quindio and Cigno volcanoes.

On the mountain range and its valleys there are important cities of Colombia such as Medellín, Popayán, Ibagué, Armenia, Manizales is Pereira.

Geographical notes

Reliefs

• 2.933333-76.0333331 Nevado del Huila (5750 m a.s.l., highest peak of the Andes Colombian.
• 4.8925-75.3236112 Nevado del Ruiz (5321 m a.s.l.)
• 4.666667-75.3333333 Nevado del Tolima (5216 m a.s.l.)
• 4.715556-75.3883334 Nevado del Quindío (5150 m a.s.l.)
• 4.816667-75.3666675 Nevado de Santa Isabel (4965 m a.s.l.)
• 4.843056-75.3522226 Nevado el Cisne (4800 m a.s.l.)
• 2.314167-76.3941677 Volcán Puracé (4646 m a.s.l.)
• 2.8742-75.7158 Volcán Pan de Azúcar (4670 m a.s.l.)
• 1.75-76.59 Macizo Colombiano
• 7.666667-74.210 Serranía de San Lucas
• 6.75-75.51666711 Meseta de Santa Rosa de Osos(Altiplano norte de Antioquia)

Territories and tourist destinations

• Antioquia (26 %),
• Tolima (15 %),
• Bolívar (14 %),
• Cauca (11 %),
• Nariño (8 %),
• Huila (7 %),
• Cauca Valley (6 %),
• Caldas (5 %),
• Putumayo (5 %),
• Quindío (1 %),
• Risaralda (2 %)​

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