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Pereira (Colombia)

Pereira

Pereira (pārā'rä) [key], city (1993 pop. 348,023), capital of Risaralda dept., W central Colombia, in the upper Cauca valley. It is a major distribution center for coffee and cattle and has a small textile industry.

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