Purificación, Tolima

Purificación, Tolima
Municipality and town
Nicknames: 
Puri, villa de las palmas (palm tree town)
Location of the municipality and town of Purificación, Tolima in the Tolima Department of Colombia.
Coordinates: 3°51′31″N 74°55′50″W / 3.85861°N 74.93056°W / 3.85861; -74.93056
Country Colombia
DepartmentTolima Department
ProvinceSoutheastern
EstablishedMay 25th 1664
Government
 • 2020Cristián Andrés Barragán
Area
 • Total
422 km2 (163 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
29,539
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Purificación is a town and municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia.