Popayán

[ paw-pah-yahn ]

noun

1. a city in SW Colombia.

Example Sentences

Vehicles were also set on fire in attacks attributed to the ELN on the road connecting the cities of Popayan and Cali.

From Reuters

Among those at the center near Soacha was construction worker Bianggi Villarroel, 41, who is traveling with his wife and three young children to Colombia's southern city of Popayan, where they have family.

From Reuters

“With the violence we suffer, with the pandemic, with the loss of income, we are in a permanent war for the future of our children,” said Ancona, speaking in a cafe in Popayan, the regional capital.

From Los Angeles Times

She spoke in a driving rain as demonstrators lifted a roadblock put up more than a month earlier on the stretch of road linking the cities of Cali and Popayan.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the first to fall was that of the 16th Century Spanish conquistador Sebastián de Belalcázar in the south-western city of Popayán in September.

From BBC