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Parque del Café

Parque del Café is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Parque del Café rather than just read about it. In short: Parque del Café (Coffee Park) is a theme park in the department of Quindío, Colombia, 4 km south-west of the town of Montenegro and 11 km west of the departmental capital city Armenia. The park was founded by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (La Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) and the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío (El Comité Departamental de Cafeteros del Quin…

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Reference excerpt

Parque del Café (Coffee Park) is a theme park in the department of Quindío, Colombia, 4 km south-west of the town of Montenegro and 11 km west of the departmental capital city Armenia. The park was founded by the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia (La Federación Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia) and the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío (El Comité Departamental de Cafeteros del Quindío), and opened on 24 February 1995. It consists of two main areas: by the main entrance are the buildings housing the museum and exhibitions detailing the history, culture and process of growing and producing coffee in the region; and in the valley beyond is an amusement park with rides and shows. The two areas are linked by two gondola lifts and a chairlift: it is also possible to walk between the two areas via an ecological trail that passes through a plantation of many varieties of coffee bushes. As well as amusement rides the park also offers other attractions such as animatronics shows, a global coffee garden, food stalls based on coffee and traditional Colombian architecture. In 2009 the park received its five millionth visitor and has grown to become one of Colombia's top tourist attractions, with more than one million visitors in 2017.

History The idea for a coffee museum came after Diego Arango Mora and his wife Margarita visited the Sugar Museum in nearby Valle del Cauca Department. Margarita remarked that if the country had a museum dedicated to sugar, it should also have one dedicated to Colombia's best known export. Arango, a member of the Departmental Committee of Coffee Growers of Quindío, agreed and contacted Jorge Cárdenas Gutiérrez, the head of the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, who was also receptive to the idea. When Arango was elected to chair the National Congress of Coffee Growers in 1982, he proposed the creation of the museum, but was told by the secretary of the Congress that he did not have the quorum to pass the proposal. Over the following years, Arango continued to work toward the creation of the museum, despite lack of financial support from banks unwilling to lend money for an enterprise they saw as non-profitable, and opposition from delegates from three other departments of Colombia who lobbied for the museum to be constructed in their departments, as well from other towns within the department of Quindío itself who objected to Arango's choice of Montenegro as the planned site for the museum. The museum was finally constructed and opened on 24 February 1995, and drew 250,000 visitors in its first year. However, visitor surveys showed that it was mainly those of 40 years of age who enjoyed the park, while younger visitors and children indicated they would not return. Arango took the decision to add an amusement park to the museum in order to attract the younger crowds. The first attractions were the gondola lift and the steam railway, followed by the roller coaster and other rides.

Coffee-themed park and exhibits Local culture

Interactive Museum of Coffee The Coffee Show — the history and culture of the region told through music and dance Traditional country house Plaza of typical Quindian town with traditional architecture Cemetery of indigenous tribes 18 meter high look-out tower, constructed from guadua Ecological

Coffee garden (ecological trail) Bamboo forest Horse rides

Amusement park The amusement park contains 27 rides as of 2018. This includes three roller coasters:

Montaña Rusa (English: Russian Mountain) – commonly called "La Broca" or "the drillbit", this attraction was previously called the Zambezi Zinger at its previous location of Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. Originally debuting in 1999, this 1,050-metre long coaster is the longest in Colombia. The name comes from the 1700s–1800s in St. Petersburg, Russia, where some of the earliest-known "roller coaster" experiences were called "Russian Mountains". After gaining popularity throughout Europe, French amusement parks would build their own versions, calling them "les montagnes russes". Krater – this Euro-Fighter-style coaster, by Gerstlauer, is based on a similar Gerstlauer ride in Galveston, Texas called Iron Shark. With a full length of 380 metres, this ride features a 30-metre drop, and opened on 24 February 2015 to coincide with the park's 20th anniversary. Yippe (English: jeep) – a German-built roller coaster of 550 metres, opened on 23 March 2018. This coaster's name and design pay homage to the Colombian coffee culture, and the Willys Jeeps that have traditionally been used to transport the coffee. Other rides include Cyclone, drop tower rides, a log flume, two carousels (Cafeteritos Carousel and Children's World Carousel), a Ferris wheel, bumper boats, bumper cars (dodgems), go-karts and a traditional train (with live folklórico music onboard) and vintage-style boarding station.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Parque del Café

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Parque del Café claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Parque del Café before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Parque del Café ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Parque del Café

In research: Parque del Café appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Parque del Café in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Parque del Café is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1995 establishments in Colombia, Amusement parks in Colombia, Buildings and structures in Quindío Department, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Parque del Café outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Parque del Café matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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