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Calarcá
Municipality and town in Quindío Department, Colombia

Calarcá

Calarcá is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia.

Plan a trip to Calarcá→From Cali

It is located 4 km east of the departmental capital Armenia. Its nickname is La Villa del Cacique in homage of its writers. The city was founded in 1886 by Segundo Henao and Román María Valencia during the time of colonization by people from Antioquia. It is the second most populated city in Quindío, after Armenia.

How locals move

Getting around Calarcá the local way

  • Get inCOP$28,000, 4 hours, Bus (Oct 2023) Bogotá: COP$40,000, 8 hours Medellín: COP$31,000, 6 hours Popayán: COP$31,000, 6 hours Manizales: COP$20,000, 2½ hours, every 15 minutes with a minibus Pereira: COP$9,000, 1 hour, every 15 minutes with a minibus (Oct 2023) Salento: COP$5,900, 30 min (Oct 2023)

From Wikivoyage: Armenia (Colombia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-08.

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