Caldas (Spanish pronunciation: ) is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas. It is part of the Paisa Region and its capital is Manizales. The population of Caldas is 998,255, and its area is 7,291 km². Caldas is also part of the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis region along with the Risaralda and Quindio departments. In Caldas is the Miel I Dam. The population of Caldas is 984,128 (2013), half of whom live in Manizales. The racial composition is: The local inhabitants of Caldas are known as caldenses. Of the five main regional groups in Colombia, the predominant group in Caldas are known as paisa, referring to those living in the Paisa region, which covers most of Antioquia, as well as the departments of Caldas, Risaralda and Quindío. More information...
According to PR-model, gobernaciondecaldas.gov.co is ranked 150,755th in multilingual Wikipedia, in particular this website is ranked 15,137th in Spanish Wikipedia.
The website is placed before m-r-n.com and after diana-pro.net in the BestRef global ranking of the most important sources of Wikipedia.
