Dosquebradas QUIMBAYA LAND OF TITANS

Dosquebradas is the youngest municipality of Risaralda department and one of the fastest population growth, not only in the region but in the country with a socio-economic development well above the national average. Its location in the valley of the Quimbaya, adjacent to the capital Pereira, separated only by the river and the viaduct Otún César Gaviria Trujillo and access to different national routes such as the Western Trunk Highway and Coffee, what become strategic place for the settlement of large manufacturing companies and logistics centers and distribution mercancías.Su so confused history with that of Pereira as Santa Rosa de Cabal. The latter, which formed part of the township until 1972. About 200,000 people inhabit this city that developed in the plain on either side of the road between Manizales Pereira, becoming first path, then township and now the most prosperous town in the Colombian coffee axis. Friars, one of the more traditional paths, it was in colonial times, home of the first convent of Franciscan monks in Pereira.Sus people, mostly from the former Sovereign State of Antioquia, are characterized by a strong entrepreneurial spirit and , as indicated by a verse of the Hymn to the municipality:
In your wet lands arrived
People tidings of great promise
And these humble lives forged
An emporium for the region
POPULATION

185 209 residents certified by DANE to June 30, 2008

Estimated 187 153 inhabitants in 2009

 Department: Risaralda

 Country: Republic of Colombia

 Height above sea level: 1400 mt

 Average temperature: 21 º - 22th