Guaduas

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Villa de Guaduas Villa de San Miguel de las Guaduas
Flag Seal
Nickname: Guaduas
Motto: Confianza y Desarrollo
Location of the town and municipality of Guaduas in Cundinamarca Department.
Region	Andean Region
Department	Cundinamarca
Province	Bajo Magdalena
Settled around	1549
Established	December 13, 1610
Founded	December 27, 1644
Government
- Type	Municipality
- Mayor	Doris Acero de Vera
Elevation	992 m (3,255 ft)
Population (2005)
- Total	33,000
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.

[edit] 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

[edit] Famous guadeños

• Policarpa Salavarrieta (Colombian national heroine)

[edit] Development Organizations

• Colombian Growth Alliance in Guaduas

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Coordinates: 5°15′N, 74°40′W