Pereira is the capital city of the department of [wiki=07b2bae90eefa0cc1c77a530bd16a39f]Risaralda[/wiki] in [wiki=ef3388cc5659bccb742fb8af762f1bfd]Colombia[/wiki]. It is in the center of the western region of the country, located in a small valley that descends from a part of the western Andes mountain chain. It is an urban center in the coffee producing region. Located in the middle of the triangle formed by the 3 main cities in the country : [wiki=8f354219c239d3445fd40b9561033eda]Bogotá[/wiki], [wiki=49837fd091472134706031790a00afb6]Medellín[/wiki] and [wiki=e3bed28b347f26bfb1d0c9b9bda2712b]Cali[/wiki] and about 3-5 hour drive from these cities.