Balboa, Risaralda
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Balboa is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia, with a distance of approximately 53 kilometers from the capital Pereira.{{cite book |author=M. Hermelin |author2=G. Bedoya |name-list-style=amp |chapter=Community participation in natural risk prevention: case histories from Columbia |pages=[https://archive.org/details/communicatingenv00live/page/n54 49] |editor1=D. Liverman |editor2=C. Pereira |editor3=B. Marker |title=Communicating Environmental Geoscience |url=https://archive.org/details/communicatingenv00live |url-access=limited |publisher=Geological Society |year=2008 |isbn=1862392609}} In 2023, the town had an estimated population of 6,510.{{Cite web |last=Telefónicas |first=Telencuestas-Encuestas |title=Cuántos habitantes tiene Balboa, Risaralda en 2023 |url=https://telencuestas.com/censos-de-poblacion/colombia/2023/risaralda/balboa |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Telencuestas |language=es}}
History
Balboa was founded in 1907 by Antioquian settlers, among whom we can mention Juan Bautista, José Miguel Ceballos, Julián and Pedro Benjumea, Esnoraldo Valencia, Alejandro Murillo, Juan and Waldo Rojas, Leonor and Cesáreo Agudelo, Jacob and Julio Ruiz, Cenon, Juan de Jesús Ospina, Jesús Gallego and Waldo Ochoa.{{Cite web |title=Balboa – Risaralda un destino lleno de vida |url=https://risaraldaundestinollenodevida.com/new/balboa/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |language=es-CO}}
Climate
Balboa is situated 1550 metres above the sea level. Due to that elevation, the town has a subtropical highland climate with an average annual temperature of 20°C.{{Cite web |last=Risaralda |first=Gobernación de |date=2016-09-28 |title=Balboa |url=https://www.risaralda.gov.co/publicaciones/100232/balboa/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Gobernación de Risaralda |language=spanish}}
References
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