Valle de Pubenza

Valle de Pubenza (es: Pubenza Valley) is a high valley located between the central and eastern mountain ranges in southwestern Colombia and constitutes the hydrographic basin of the upper part of the Cauca river, which has its source in the Páramo de las Papas, pours tis water into the reservoir of Salvajina.

In terms of geographic area, Pubenza is among the eleven largest inter-Andean valleys in the country.

[1][2] Upon the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors, the Valley of Pubenza was inhabited by a confederation of ethnic groups that they called the "Guambiano Coconuco Confederation" or "Pubense Confederation", which established to defend against the siege of warrior groups and cannibals that surrounded the region, among which, in addition to others, were the Pijaos and Yaporongos to the east, the Patias and Bojoleos to the south, and the Petequíes to the north, and also from possible military incursions from the Inca on the south.

[3] The soil in the Pubenza Valley is used mainly for the cultivation of coffee, native pastures and natural forests.

Coffee farming is one of the main lines of the economy of the Pubenza Valley and persists as a dominant element of the landscape in rural areas, however, the modernization in the management of coffee plantations that leads to the planting of high-yield varieties in total exposure to the sun, with greater requirements for synthetic agrochemicals, has led to higher production but at high environmental costs.