San José is a town and municipality located in the western portion of the Colombian Department of Caldas.

The municipality is part of the Lower Western District, 67 km from Manizales.

Its name derives from the arrival of the founders on the day of Saint Joseph, March 19.

[clarification needed] The municipality is divided into 18 minor counties or veredas: Altomira, La Paz, Los Caimos, El Contento, Tamboral, Arrayanes, El Bosque, Morroazul, La Primavera, La Libertad, La Cienaga, La Estrella, Guaimaral, Vaticano, El Pacifico, La Morelia, Pueblo Rico and Buena Vista.

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