The drive to the coffee region
Colombia’s geography Colombia’s geography is dominated by 5 main natural regions Andean region Pacific region Carribean region Orinoquia region Amazon region Andes Region Of this, the most populated regions are the Andean and the Carribean regions. Of the top 10 populated cities of Colombia, 7 of them are in the Andean region. So imagine the dominance of this region culturally and politically. The Andes region comprises 3 parallel mountain ranges - Cordilleras Orientales, Cordilleras Central and Cordilleras Occidental, simply translated as the Eastern Andes, Central Andes and the Western Andes. Coffee Axis One sub-region in Andes natural region is the eje cafetero or the coffee axis region. Politically this comprises the 3 beautiful departments of Quindío , Risaralda and Caldas . There is so much coffee all around and in the culture that this is a part of the world heritage site called The Coffee Cultural Landscape of Colombia. For the record, a lot more departments produce coffe...