Santa Rosa de Cabal

Featured view

Santa Rosa de Cabal

Total population

69,025

Founded

1844

Elevation1701 m

Land area564 km²

Coordinates4.87°, -75.62°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Santa Rosa de Cabal is a town and municipality in the Department of Risaralda, Colombia. About 14 km away from the capital Pereira. In 2023 the town had an estimated population of 79,840.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

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

Edwin García

Colombian footballer

Julián Rodas

Colombian bicycle racer

César Gaviria

President of Colombia

Santiago Giraldo

Colombian tennis player

Catalina Castaño

Colombian tennis player

G

Guillermo Velasquez

Colombian association football referee (1934–2017)

R

Rigoberto Corredor Bermúdez

Colombian catholic bishop

Alonso Zapata

Colombian chess Grandmaster

Rodrigo Rivera Salazar

Colombian politician and diplomat

Luz Marina Zuluaga

Colombian beauty queen (1938–2015)

F

Fernando Uribe

Colombian footballer

C

César Salazar

Colombian racing cyclist

Diego Arias

Colombian footballer

M

Maricella González

Colombian actor

A

Alba Lucía Ángel

Colombian novelist

A

Alejandro Botero

Colombian footballer

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

Nearby places in Risaralda

• Guacas
  2.2 mi away
• El Jazmín
  3.2 mi away
• El Lembo
  3.8 mi away
• Dosquebradas
  4.1 mi away · pop. 217,178
• Alto del Toro
  4.5 mi away
• El Manzanillo
  4.6 mi away
• Pereira
  6.2 mi away · pop. 477,027
• La Capilla
  6.5 mi away
• La Bella
  7.1 mi away
• Cañaveral
  8.6 mi away
• Marsella
  9.5 mi away · pop. 16,940
• Altagracia
  10.8 mi away

Browse all places in Risaralda →

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 Santa Rosa de Cabal

Parque Cementerio El Jazmín, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda

Dion Tabares S. · 2003

Propuesta de recuperación paisajística y ambiental del tramo urbano del río San Eugenio Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda

Universidad Libre de Colombia · 2013

Estudio general de suelos, para fines agrícolas, de los municipios de Pereira, Marsella, Santa Rosa de Cabal, La Virginia, Belén de Umbría, Belalcázar, Anserma, Risaralda y Viterbo (Departamentos de Risaralda y Caldas)

1974

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Seen 2026-06-09

Mexican Silverspot

Dione moneta

Seen 2026-06-07

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus

Seen 2026-06-06

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Seen 2026-06-05

Golden-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes hemichrysus

Seen 2026-06-05

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Seen 2026-06-04

Eared Dove

Zenaida auriculata

Seen 2026-06-04

Cordulecerus praecellens

Cordulecerus praecellens

Seen 2026-06-01

Silky Cane Weevil

Metamasius sericeus

Seen 2026-06-01

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Santa Rosa de Cabal, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

0.3 mi0.3 mi0.4 mi1.4 mi1.8 mi1.9 mi1.9 mi2.5 mi2.5 mi2.6 mi2.8 mi3.3 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi5.1 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers