
Tuluá
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Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital—Palmira and Buenaventura. Founded around 1741 by Juan de Lemos y Aguirre, it has a population of approximately 178,000. It is also known as the Corazón del Valle (meaning 'The Heart of Valle'), as La Villa de Céspedes ('Town of Céspedes', named after the naturalist Juan María Céspedes) and Tierra Fácil ('Easy Land' in the native language).
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 174 inbound references to Tuluá, and connects out to Valle del Cauca Department, Buenaventura and Colombia.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 5 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Municipalities of Valle del Cauca Department and Populated places established in 1741.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tuluá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tuluá,_Valle_del_Cauca,_Colombia.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tuluá in May 2008
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag_of_Tuluá.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Tuluá.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Valle del Cauca - Tuluá.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tuluá in the Valle del Cauca Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Valle del Cauca Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- John Jairo Gomez Aguirre (2019-2023)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 187275
- Area
- 910.55
- Elevation
- 1.025
- Official website
- www.tulua.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tuluá
- Commons gallery
- Tuluá
- inception
- 1639-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Crime
- Education
- Transportation
- Places of interest
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Tuluá (), is a city located in the heart of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. A major industrial and commercial center, it is the region's fourth-largest city after Cali—the department capital—Palmira and Buenaventura. Founded around 1741 by Juan de Lemos y Aguirre, it has a population of approximately 178,000. It is also known as the Corazón del Valle (meaning 'The Heart of Valle'), as La Villa de Céspedes ('Town of Céspedes', named after the naturalist Juan María Céspedes) and Tierra Fácil ('Easy Land' in the native language).
It is well known throughout Colombia and many parts of South America as a major center of salsa dancing.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tuluá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
5 mapped locations