Popayán

Summary

Popayán is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. Popayán ranks in the top 0.78% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (275 views/month, #8 of 1,026).^[2]

Key Facts

• Popayán was a member of Creative Cities Network^[3].
• Popayán is located in Cauca Department^[4].
• Popayán is in the country of Colombia^[5].
• Popayán's image is recorded as Cldas.jpg^[6].
• Popayán's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[7].
• Popayán's instance of is recorded as city in Colombia^[8].
• Popayán's instance of is recorded as big city^[9].
• Popayán's flag image is recorded as Flag of Popayán.svg^[10].
• Popayán's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Popayán.svg^[11].
• Popayán's founder is recorded as Sebastián de Belalcázar^[12].
• Popayán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Málaga^[13].
• Popayán's twinned administrative body is recorded as Seville^[14].
• Popayán's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 131353262^[15].
• Popayán's GND ID is recorded as 4116047-2^[16].
• Popayán's locator map image is recorded as Colombia - Cauca - Popayán.svg^[17].
• Popayán's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80161727^[18].
• Popayán's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11974620j^[19].
• Popayán's IdRef ID is recorded as 027776034^[20].
• Popayán's postal code is recorded as 190001–190019^[21].
• Popayán's Commons category is recorded as Popayán^[22].
• Popayán's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1706524^[23].
• Popayán's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−05:00^[24].
• +1537-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Popayán^[25].
• Popayán's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 2.454166666666667, 'lon': -76.60916666666667}^[26].
• Popayán's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0308lz^[27].

Body

Geography

Popayán is in the country of Colombia^[5]. Popayán is located in Cauca Department^[4].

Physical Characteristics

Popayán's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+512'}^[28]. Popayán's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1760'}^[29]. Popayán's population is recorded as {'amount': '+300837'}^[30].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Colombia^[7], city in Colombia^[8], and big city^[9].

History and Context

+1537-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Popayán^[25].

Why It Matters

Popayán ranks in the top 0.78% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (275 views/month, #8 of 1,026).^[2] Popayán has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] Popayán is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]