El Espinal

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El Espinal

Total population

70,494

Coordinates4.15°, -74.88°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Espinal is a Colombian municipality and town located in the Department of Tolima, 146 km southwest from Bogotá. It is the second most important town of the department and is the rice capital of the center of the country. It is flanked by the Magdalena and Coello rivers. El Espinal is known for the manufacture of typical musical instruments and its cuisine is known for tamales and the suckling pig, which are the typical dishes of the region. It has a total area of 231 km2, an urban area of 4.26 km2, and a rural area of 212.74 km2.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

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Diego Fernando Moreno

Colombian association football player

J

Juan Camilo Saiz

Colombian soccer player

Rosmery Martínez

Colombian politician

J

Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre

Serial child abuser acting in Colombia

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Maicol Medina

Colombian footballer

J

Jaime Tello Quijano

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Israel Bravo Cortés

Roman Catholic clergyman

J

José Vicente Dávila Tello

Colombian engineer and politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tolima

• Vereda Canastos
  2.6 mi away
• Llano de la Virgen
  7.4 mi away
• Vereda Cunira
  7.6 mi away
• Suárez
  7.9 mi away · pop. 3,813
• Chicoral
  8.1 mi away
• Chipuelo Oriente
  9.5 mi away
• Coello
  9.6 mi away · pop. 8,248
• Coello
  9.6 mi away
• Potrerillo
  9.9 mi away
• Guamo
  10.1 mi away · pop. 32,940
• Flandes
  10.6 mi away · pop. 28,389
• Carmen de Apicalá
  11.2 mi away · pop. 10,117

Browse all places in Tolima →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about El Espinal

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Hypselonotus fulvus

Hypselonotus fulvus

Seen 2026-06-05

Peucetia rubrolineata

Peucetia rubrolineata

Seen 2026-06-05

Epicauta dohrni

Epicauta dohrni

Seen 2026-06-05

Cyclocephala amazona

Cyclocephala amazona

Seen 2026-06-04

Colombian Leafcutter Ant

Atta colombica

Seen 2026-06-04

Greenhouse Millipede

Oxidus gracilis

Seen 2026-05-03

Strongylium auratum

Strongylium auratum

Seen 2026-05-02

Yellow-striped Poison Dart Frog

Dendrobates truncatus

Seen 2026-04-26

Central American Indigo Snake

Drymarchon melanurus

Seen 2026-04-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of El Espinal, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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