Cumbal
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Cumbal
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Panorámica Municipio de Cumbal.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Cumbal
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Cumbal_(Nariño).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Nariño - Cumbal.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Cumbal in the Nariño Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nariño Department
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 41205
- Settlement.timezone
- Colombia Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 40492
- Elevation
- 3050
- Official website
- www.cumbal-narino.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Panorámica Municipio de Cumbal.JPG
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- Cumbal
- inception
- 1529-00-00
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- Geography
- Climate
- Limits
- Foundation
- Historical review
- References
Cumbal is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia.
Historically it is said that in 1529 the chief Cumbe founded a town with the name "Pavas" located at the foot of the Cumbal volcano, between the Blanco river and the Riochiquito gorge. Its inhabitants belonged to the grassland ethnic group. In the year 1547, its name was changed to Cumbal in honor of its founder. On December 14, 1923, due to a series of earthquakes that that area suffered, this settlement disappeared. The population was refounded on July 20, 1924, in another place and its municipal erection was carried out by Ordinance 59 of 1925.
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2 mapped locations