Piendamó, Cauca


Piendamó is a municipality in the department of Cauca in southwestern Colombia.

Description

Piendamó was formerly called Tunía and as such an encomienda of the conquistadors Sebastian de Belalcázar, Francisco Arévalo, Pedro Matta and Pedro de Velasco. Modern Piendamó was founded on April 2, 1924 by Pedro Antonio Sandoval. The municipality is located in the Cauca Basin in the valley of the Cauca River at an altitude of above mean sea level. It borders Silvia in the east, Morales in the west, Caldono in the north and Cajibio in the south.

Named after Piendamó