Source identity and administrative path
The source row behind Ibagué is GeoNames ID 3680656. Its recorded administrative path is Ibague → Tolima Department → Colombia, and GeoNames classifies the place as a first-order administrative seat. Ibagué occurs once as a primary city label in this atlas sample; the numeric ID remains the durable source key if names change. The city row itself was updated 2026-04-13; that date belongs to the source record, not to every transport or visitor detail in the real destination.
Population position inside fixed cohorts
Within the fixed 1,206-record atlas, Ibagué ranks 1,066 by recorded population. Inside the 12 selected Colombia entries it ranks 9; inside the 198 entries in its broad region it ranks 173. Its 529,635 population value is 0.74 times the 716,066 median for the country cohort and 0.65 times the 816,326 regional median. Ibagué sits in the lower half of this atlas's selected Colombia entries. Ibagué's recorded value is materially below the country-cohort median used here. These comparisons describe this selected dataset only; they are not current census rankings or official urban-area boundaries.
Nearest-reference pattern
Ibagué's three nearest other atlas coordinates are Soacha at 110.468 km with 655,025 recorded people; Bogotá at 125.774 km with 7,674,366 recorded people; Cali at 183.95 km with 2,392,877 recorded people. The closest-to-farthest distance spread is 73.482 km. Compared with Soacha, Ibagué's recorded population is 0.81 times as large. Against Ibagué, Soacha follows Soacha → Cundinamarca → Colombia in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Colombia cohort, uses the shared America/Bogota identifier, and carries second-order administrative seat rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Ibagué's. Against Ibagué, Bogotá follows Bogota D.C. → Colombia in the source. Its point has higher latitude and higher longitude; it belongs to the same selected Colombia cohort, uses the shared America/Bogota identifier, and carries capital of a political entity rather than first-order administrative seat. Its recorded population is above Ibagué's. Against Ibagué, Cali follows Cali → Valle del Cauca Department → Colombia in the source. Its point has lower latitude and lower longitude; it belongs to the same selected Colombia cohort, uses the shared America/Bogota identifier, and carries the same first-order administrative seat class. Its recorded population is above Ibagué's. Its nearest-neighbor distance ranks 738 of 1,206 from shortest to longest in the same snapshot. Ibagué's nearest-coordinate gap belongs to the wider half of atlas distances. This pattern can reveal whether other catalog references are geographically close, but it cannot establish whether a border crossing is possible or practical, or whether rail, road, fare, or journey-time connections exist. Read as one record signature, GeoNames 3680656, the coordinate pair 4.4357 / 75.2029, country rank 9 of 12, and neighbor GeoNames 3667905 at 110.468 km bind Ibagué to a reproducible comparison. That combined key distinguishes the row; it is not a recommendation or evidence of a physical connection.
Coordinate, time-zone and class cohorts
Ibagué's reference point is 4.4357° north and 75.2029° west. The IANA identifier America/Bogota is shared by 12 city rows in this catalog, while the GeoNames class PPLA is shared by 429 rows. Ibagué's row carries both second- and first-order administrative labels. Ibagué's point falls in the near-equatorial coordinate band used by this atlas's row checks. Ibagué's time-zone field defines the narrower catalog cohort; its place class is shared more broadly. GeoNames supplies no elevation for Ibagué, so the profile preserves that missing value instead of guessing terrain. Together these fields form a reproducible identity check for this page, not a claim about walkability, climate or accessibility.
- Record keys
- Ibagué · GeoNames 3680656 · Q23689117
- Name scope
- Ibagué · 1 atlas row share this source label · qualifier not required
- Administrative chain
- Ibague · Tolima Department · Colombia
- Coordinate signature
- 4.4357° N · 75.2029° W
- Population snapshot
- 529,635 · atlas rank 1,066 of 1,206
- Country comparison
- Colombia rank 9 of 12 · median 716,066 · ratio 0.74×
- Regional comparison
- the Americas rank 173 of 198 · median 816,326 · ratio 0.65×
- Time-zone cohort
- America/Bogota · 12 of 1,206 atlas rows
- Place-class cohort
- PPLA first-order administrative seat · 429 of 1,206 rows
- Elevation field
- Ibagué · missing in GeoNames
- Nearest reference
- Soacha · 110.468 km · population 655,025 · atlas rank 848
- Second reference
- Bogotá · 125.774 km · population 7,674,366 · atlas rank 36
- Third reference
- Cali · 183.95 km · population 2,392,877 · atlas rank 160
- Neighbour geometry
- Ibagué · nearest-distance rank 738 of 1,206 · three-reference spread 73.482 km
- Source dates
- Ibagué row updated 2026-04-13 · atlas dataset checked 2026-08-04