La Cumbre, Valle del Cauca

La Cumbre
Municipality and Town
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La Cumbre
Coordinates: 3°38′58.67″N 76°34′6.08″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Valle del Cauca
Area [1]
• Total	235 km^2 (91 sq mi)
Elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Total	11,512
• Density	49/km^2 (130/sq mi)

La Cumbre (The Summit) is a town and municipality in Colombia, northwest of Cali, in the Valle del Cauca Department. It is located in the West Andes above the city of Yumbo.

La Cumbre is known for its simplicity, lack of hustle and bustle and small-town way of life. Many day tourists from Cali travel to La Cumbre by car or tourist train. The weather is cooler, and considered a welcome respite from the sunny and often hot weather of Cali. The most important industry in the area is agriculture.

Polito-Geographical Limits

This municipality is surround by the following municipalities of Valle del Cauca Department:

• North: Restrepo.
• South: Yumbo and Cali.
• East: Vijes
• West: Dagua

Areas of the Municipality

The Corregimiento of Bitaco occupies the southernmost portion of the municipality. Within this area is the section called Chicoral which is home to the Hindú Tea Plantation and the Bitaco Forest Reserve. This area connects to the west with Dapa through a foggy, forested pass that crosses into the Cauca Valley.

Image Gallery

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  Fincas between the villages La Cumbre and Pavas
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  Entrance of La Cumbre, Cali, Colombia
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  La Cumbre Park, Colombia
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  La Chorera Del Diablo,
  To get here you can walk or you can pay to get there, the railroad service is very cheap. takes 15 minutes.
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  La Cumbre, Railroad Service.
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  View from a Hill, La Cumbre, Pavas.
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  Horses walking freely.
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  Cows at a Finca (Farm).
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  La Cumbre Night lights.
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  La Cumbre Hills, with Clouds.

External links

• La Cumbre ¡Unidos por la Cumbre! (in Spanish)

References

1. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 30 April 2020.