Puracé
Puracé is a town and municipality in the Cauca Department, Colombia. An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz is an early depiction of four indigenous people in Puracé wearing straw hats and ruanas.
- Village with about 15,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,850 metres (9,350 feet)
- …is also known as “Puracé, Cauca”
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Cauca
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coconuco.
Puracé
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Latitude
2.3811° or 2° 22′ 52″ north
Longitude
-76.4551° or 76° 27′ 18″ west
Open location code
67J59GJV+CX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Puracé” goes by many names.
Puracé - CoconucoAsturian
Puracé - Coconuco (Colombia)Asturian
PuracéCebuano
普拉塞Chinese
PuracéDutch
PuracéGalician
Puracé-CoconucoGalician
Puracé, CaucaGalician
პურასეGeorgian
პურასე (კაუკა)Georgian
PuraceIrish
PuracéItalian
Puracé-CoconucoKotava
PuraceMalay
Purace, CaucaMalay
PuracéMin Nan Chinese
پوراسهPersian
پوراسه (کائوکا)Persian
ПурасеRussian
PuracéSwedish
PuraceTagalog
Purace, CaucaTagalog
PuraceTurkish
Purace (belediye)Turkish
Purace belediyesiTurkish
پوراسے، کاؤکاUrdu
PuraceWaray (Philippines)
Purace, CaucaWaray (Philippines)
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