
Purificacion
Colombia
Purificacion: facts
At a glance
- Country: Colombia
- Region: Tolima Department
- Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
- Population: approximately 29,539
- Coordinates: 3.8587° N, 74.9313° W
- Time zone: America/Bogota (UTC-05:00)
- Currency: Peso (COP)
- Distance to the capital, Bogota: 126 km (78 mi), straight line
Getting there
- Perales Airport (IBE): 66 km (41 mi), straight line
- Benito Salas Airport (NVA): 109 km (68 mi), straight line
- El Eden Airport (AXM): 114 km (71 mi), straight line
Nearby
- Prado: 12 km (7 mi)
- Saldana: 12 km (8 mi)
- Guamo: 20 km (12 mi)
- Suarez: 24 km (15 mi)
- Coyaima: 30 km (19 mi)
- Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Girardot City, 51 km (32 mi)
Coming up in Purificacion
- 11 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 14 Nov 2026: Colombian Women's Day
- 16 Nov 2026: Independence of Cartagena
- 7 Dec 2026: Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 8 Dec 2026: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
- 24 Dec 2026: Christmas Eve
- 25 Dec 2026: Christmas Day
- 31 Dec 2026: New Year's Eve
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