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Popayán (col)

Colombia

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Popayán ranks 2,608th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Misato, Saitama (city), Zielona Góra, and Samsun. Memorable people born in Popayán include Guillermo León Valencia, Joaquín Mosquera, and Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera. Popayán has been the birth place of many politicians, and actors. Popayán is located in Colombia.

Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. It is located in the Pubenza Valley in southwestern Colombia between the Western Mountain Range and Central Mountain Range. The municipality has a population of 318,059, an area of 483 km2, is located 1760 meters above sea level, and has an average temperature of 18 °C. Read more on Wikipedia

People

Between 1787 and 1983, Popayán was the birth place of 6 globally memorable people, including Guillermo León Valencia, Joaquín Mosquera, and Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera.

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Occupations

Most individuals born in present day Popayán were politicians (4), actors (1), and tennis players (1),  while most who died were .

Over the past 100 years, actors have been the top profession of globally memorable people born in Popayán, including Manolo Cardona. Whereas, throughout history, politicians have been the profession with the most memorable people born in present day Popayán, including Guillermo León Valencia, Joaquín Mosquera, and Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera.

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Overlapping Lives

Below is a visual represetation of the lifespans of the top 4 globally memorable people born in Popayán since 1700.