Falan is a town and
municipality in the Tolima department of Colombia. Falan was founded before
1539, by the Guandecas and Pomponáes tribes. It was discovered by Spanish
Baltazar Maldonado in 1539. The population of the municipality was 17,251 as of
the 1993 census. The total area of the municipality is 238 km². Most
workers work in agriculture although some do logging or mining. The altitude is
930 meters above sea level.
Falan was originally inhabited only by
indigenous inhabitants. In the middle of the 16th
