It is located north of the department and has a township called San Felix.

Salamina is known as the "city of light" because there Caldas has produced many poets, musicians, actors and writers.

It is also known as "Mother of Nations" because it was one of the centers from where the founders and first settlers of Neira, Aranzazu, Manizales, Santa Rosa de Cabal, Pereira, Armenia, among others parted.

It is the only municipality in the Eje Cafetero that was selected to be part of the Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio original cohort.

[2] In addition, the town was named part of the "Coffee Cultural Landscape" UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011.