The Páez River (Río Páez, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency ) is a river in southwestern Colombia. It is a tributary of the Magdalena RiverInternational Bureau of the American Republics (1892) Colombia: A Handbook U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, page 35, which drains into the Caribbean Sea. It flows into the Magdalena just south of the village of Remolino del Vicho., United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Earthquake
On 6 June 1994, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake stuck in the Páez River area causing extensive landsliding and resulting in over 1,100 dead and the displacement of almost the entire population of 15 municipalities in the departments of Cauca and Huila. Six bridges and over of roads were destroyed by the landslides.Schuster, Robert L.; Salceddo, Daniel A. and Valenzuela, Luis (2002) "Overview of catastrophic landslides of South America in the twentieth century" pp. 1–34 In Evans, Stephen G. and DeGraff, Jerome V, (editors) (2002) Catastrophic Landslides: Effects, Occurrence, and Mechanisms (Volume 15 of Reviews Engineering) Geological Society of America, Boulder, Colorado, , page 8 In order to spur development in the Paez River region, Colombia Law 218 of 1995 was passed that granted exemptions on income tax for 10 years for investments made in the departments of Cauca and Huila.Giugale, Marcelo; Lafourcade, Olivier and Luff, Connie (2003) "The Tax System" Colombia: the economic foundation of peace International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank), Washington DC, page 189
See also List of rivers of Colombia
Notes
References Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.