Barbacoas, Nariño

Barbacoas
town
Barbacoas

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 01°40′18″N 078°08′23″W / 1.67167°N 78.13972°W / 1.67167; -78.13972Coordinates: 01°40′18″N 078°08′23″W / 1.67167°N 78.13972°W / 1.67167; -78.13972
Country  Colombia
Department Nariño Department
Government
  Mayor Jose Arnulfo Preciado As of 2011
Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Barbacoas is a town in Nariño Department, Colombia.[1] It is the administrative seat for Barbacoas Municipality. As of 2005 census, the town has a population of 11,602.[2]

The town is infamous for its 2011 "crossed legs" strike, where women in the town foreswore sexual activity pending action on the promised paved road to their town.[3][4][5][6]

1866 postage stamp postmarked in Barbacoas

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