Guaduas

Guaduas

Infobox City
official_name = Villa de Guaduas
other_name =Villa de San Miguel de las Guaduas
nickname = Guaduas
motto = Confianza y Desarrollo


flag_size =200px
image_

seal_size =100px


mapsize = 250px
map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of Guaduas in Cundinamarca Department.
subdivision_type = Region
subdivision_name = Andean Region
subdivision_type1 =Department
subdivision_name1 =Cundinamarca
subdivision_type2 = Province
subdivision_name2 = Bajo Magdalena
government_type = Municipality
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Doris Acero de Vera
established_title = Settled around
established_date = 1549
established_title2 = Established
established_date2 = December 13, 1610
established_title3 = Founded
established_date3 =December 27, 1644
population_as_of = 2005
population_total = 33000
latd= |latm= |lats= |latNS=05º04'10" N
longd= |longm= |longs= |longEW=74º35'53" W
elevation_m = 992
website = http://www.villadeguaduas.gov.co

Guaduas is a municipality in Colombia, located approximately 105 km from Bogotá. It has a touristic and an agricultural zone.

Facts

*Guaduas was one of the locations of famous Mutis' Botanical Expedition.
*Nowadays the Policarpa Salavarrieta house is a touristic and historic site of interest
*is one of the cities in the Bogotá-Medellín highway.
*The main plaza is featured in colombian ten thoussand pesos bill.
*The town is one of the seats of the of the Roman Catholic Diocese of La Dorada–Guaduas

Famous guadeños

*Policarpa Salavarrieta (Colombian national heroine)

Development Organizations

* [http://www.cg-alliance.org/ Colombian Growth Alliance in Guaduas]


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