Córdoba is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío,

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. It's located 24 km southeast of the departmental capital

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History

Córdoba was founded in 1927 by Jesús García and Jesús Buitrago, and became a municipality in 1966 when it split from

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. In 2023 it had an estimated population of 5,888. By population it's the third smallest municipality in Quindío, after Buenavista and Pijao.

Geography

Córdoba is bounded to the north by the municipality of

, to the south by Pijao, to the west by Buenavista, and to the east by the department of Tolima.

Climate

The average temperature of Córdoba is 20 °C with a

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Tourism

Córdoba is home to the National Bamboo and Guadua Investigation Center (). Open to the public, the center shows the potential uses of

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as a material for construction, furniture and decoration. It undertakes research on the cultivation of new varieties of guadua. The Bamboo and Guadua Festival (Spanish: ''Fiesta del Bambú y la Guadua'') is held in Córdoba in June.

References

Municipalities of Quindío Department {{Colombia-geo-stub