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Armenia is the capital of the Quindio, one of the 32 departments of Colombia. Located in the ‘Eje Cafetero’ , one of the most important cores of the national economy and part of the called “Paisa” region that appointed a Colombian subculture. The city is ubicated at coordinates 4,5170 ° of north latitude, 75,6830 ° west , 290 km west of Bogotá. Armenia is a medium sized city, located between Bogotá, Medellin and Cali, The 3 biggest cities of Colombia. Armenia has a temperature between 18 ° C-22 ° C. Raipur.
*Economy : industry of furnitures, trade , tourism , coffee , citrus , plaintain , yucca , pineapple , tomato , banana and agritourism.
* total villages : 328.
* Airport’s name : International Airport the Edén.
* football team : ‘Deportes Quindío’.
* universities : Universidad del Quindío, Universidad la Gran Colombia, Escuela de Administración y Mercadotecnia del Quindio (EAM),Universidad Antonio Nariño, Universidad San Martín, Universidad Empresarial Alexander Von Humbold, Fundación universitaria del eje cafetero FUNEC.
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Armenia earthquake.
The city was devastated the January 25 of 1999. at 1:20 p.m. by an earthquake by an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale, which caused severe damage in all the region.
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Actually the city is reconstructed and only ten years and presents an aspect of modern city imbued with that tone of town and country that has always characterized.
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