Colombia
Pacifica
Cauca

Silvia

Silvia is a small town that is a 1 hour bus ride on curvy roads from Popayan. It features an authentic market full of locals and very few tourists. Clothing, electronics, houseware, freshly butchered meat, fruits, etc. are sold there.
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  • Type: Town with 7,470 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Cauca
  • Also known as: “La Suiza de america”, “La Suiza de américa”, and “Silvia, Cauca”

Silvia

Latitude
2.6115° or 2° 36′ 42″ north
Longitude
-76.3784° or 76° 22′ 42″ west
Population
7,470
Elevation
2,532 metres (8,307 feet)
Open location code
67J5JJ6C+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703168156
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3668025
Wiki­data ID
Q2418703
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Silvia” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Silvia (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “Silvia”
  • Breton: “Silvia (kumun)”
  • Breton: “Silvia”
  • Cebuano: “Silvia”
  • Chinese: “Silvia”
  • Chinese: “西爾維亞”
  • Dutch: “Silvia”
  • French: “Silvia”
  • Galician: “Silvia, Cauca”
  • Galician: “Silvia”
  • Georgian: “სილვია (კაუკა)”
  • Georgian: “სილვია”
  • German: “Silvia”
  • Irish: “Silvia”
  • Italian: “Silvia”
  • Kotava: “Silvia”
  • Malay: “Silvia, Cauca”
  • Malay: “Silvia”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Silvia”
  • Persian: “سیلویا”
  • Polish: “Silvia”
  • Portuguese: “Silvia”
  • Russian: “Сильвия”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Silvia”
  • Spanish: “Silvia”
  • Swedish: “Silvia”
  • Tagalog: “Silvia, Cauca”
  • Tagalog: “Silvia”
  • Turkish: “Silvia (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Silvia belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Silvia”
  • Ukrainian: “Сільвія (Колумбія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Сільвія”
  • Vietnamese: “Silvia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silvia, Cauca”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Silvia”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Silvia”. Photo: Isischogalatea, CC BY-SA 4.0.