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4 unusual facts about Risaralda Department


Bernardo Ríos

Bernardo Ríos is a Colombian artist, born in Santuario, Risaralda, Colombia in 1959.

Mistratoan yellow-shouldered bat

The Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira mistratensis), is a species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to the western Andes, in the Mistrato municipality in Risaralda, Colombia.

Risaralda Department

Risaralda department with an area of 365,300 ha, is located in the central sector of the central Andean region west of the country between two major poles of economic development (department of Antioquia in northern and southern Cauca Valley, extending between the central and western Cordillera), which slopes down toward the Río Cauca, also borders the departments of Caldas in the north-east, east Tolima, Quindio Chocó south and west.

The department's drainage system consists of two major basins, the Cauca River and the San Juan River.



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