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Ulloa

Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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About the city

Ulloa is the smallest municipality in Valle del Cauca, with just 43 km² and a population of around 5,400 inhabitants, located in the north-east of the department, 237 kilometres from Cali. Founded in 1922 by Leocadio Salazar Mejía and renamed Ulloa in 1930 in tribute to General Juan Eleuterio Ulloa, a hero of the Granadan Confederation, the municipality is part of the Coffee Cultural Landscape, declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site in 2011. Its small scale and rural authenticity make it a benchmark for coffee agritourism in Valle del Cauca.

The local economy revolves around coffee, citrus fruits, panela and fruit trees, complemented by a nascent ecotourism and agritourism offering that makes use of the Barbas River and the natural landscapes of the El Brillante and Calamonte Bajo hamlets. Despite its small size, Ulloa maintains an active citizenry with notable participation in community physical activity programmes and outdoor sport, contributing to the region's sporting fabric and citizen health initiatives promoted by ACES América.

Key facts

It is the smallest municipality in Valle del Cauca, with barely 43 km² and fewer than 6,000 inhabitants, and forms part of the Coffee Cultural Landscape declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2011.
Founded in 1922 by Leocadio Salazar Mejía and named Ulloa from 1930 in memory of General Juan Eleuterio Ulloa, a hero of the Granadine Confederation, it preserves a rural, coffee-growing character of great authenticity.
Its economy revolves around coffee, citrus and agritourism, with the Barbas River as an axis of recreation and nature tourism as an emerging engine of sustainable development.

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