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The municipality of Calarcá is located between 4° 20’ 40” and 4° 33’ 50” north and between 75° 33’ 40” and 75° 48’ 40” west. The inner city is located 4° 33’ 0.6” north and 75° 39’ 00” west. It lies in the Andean zone flanking the
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410:in 2011.
394:Antioquia
339:Area code
326:Time zone
286:Elevation
194:4°31′55″N
56:July 2019
1535:Filandia
1509:Quimbaya
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664:(69.3)
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629:(76.5)
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619:(78.1)
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589:(79.0)
584:(78.6)
579:(78.1)
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424:Salento
414:History
381:Cacique
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367:Quindío
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44:improve
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1540:Génova
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231:
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841:313.1
836:253.7
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806:253.0
801:229.9
796:137.8
569:Year
484:Pijao
331:UTC-5
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962:4.1
959:4.2
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821:67.6
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777:16.2
772:16.0
767:16.1
762:16.0
757:16.0
752:16.2
747:16.1
742:16.4
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732:16.7
727:16.5
722:16.4
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