Dosquebradas, Risaralda Department, Colombia

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🇨🇴 Dosquebradas is the second largest city and a municipality in the Risaralda Department, Colombia. The city is connected by the César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct to Pereira, the capital of the department.

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History The name of the city literally means "two creeks" (dos quebradas), Santa Teresita and Las Garzas. Dosquebradas is sometimes called the Pink Zone (Zona Rosa) of Pereira because it has many nightclubs and bars, which are filled with young people on the weekends.

It grew up as an industrial centre serving Pereira in the 1970s and 1980s. With the construction of El Poblado neighborhood (low-income housing) it experienced a population boom, providing residence to many families that commuted to Pereira for work.

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Education The education in the city is one of the best in Risaralda department, and almost all the schools state-owned, only 4 are private schools, 3 of those schools are Catholic schools. Some of the most notable schools in Dosquebradas are: 1 Salesian School San Juan Bosco (private, Catholic); 2 Agustin Nieto Caballero School; 3 Diocesan School Baltasar Alvares R; 4 Cristo Rey School (private, Catholic); 5 Salesians Femels María Auxiliadora (private, Catholic).

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America/Bogota/Departamento_de_Risaralda 

Dosquebradas has a population of over 225,540 people. Dosquebradas also forms the centre of the wider Risaralda Department which has a population of over 943,401 people.

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North of: 4.833

🇸🇸 Juba 4.85

🇧🇳 Bandar Seri Begawan 4.868

🇬🇭 Agona Nkwanta 4.888

🇬🇭 Takoradze 4.917

🇬🇭 Sekondi 4.935

🇬🇭 Sekondi-Takoradi 4.935

🇬🇭 Takoradi 4.935

🇬🇫 Cayenne 4.938

🇨🇲 Nkongsamba 4.95

🇳🇬 Calabar 4.967

South of: 4.833

🇨🇴 Pereira 4.8

🇳🇬 Port Harcourt 4.789

🇨🇲 Bafia 4.75

🇨🇴 Cartago 4.747

🇳🇬 Okrika 4.733

🇱🇷 Barclayville 4.667

🇨🇲 Kumbo 4.633

🇨🇲 Kumba 4.633

🇲🇾 Ipoh 4.599

🇨🇴 Soacha 4.587

East of: -75.683

🇨🇴 Armenia -75.672

🇨🇺 Mayarí -75.667

🇺🇸 Scranton -75.655

🇨🇴 Calarcá -75.65

🇺🇸 Oneida -75.65

🇺🇸 West Chester -75.6

🇨🇴 Florencia -75.6

🇺🇸 Salisbury -75.593

🇨🇴 Medellín -75.573

🇨🇴 Envigado -75.567

West of: -75.683

🇨🇴 Pereira -75.683

🇨🇦 Ottawa -75.692

🇨🇦 Hull -75.7

🇨🇦 Gatineau -75.71

🇺🇸 Jim Thorpe -75.733

🇵🇪 Ica -75.733

🇨🇦 Nepean -75.758

🇺🇸 Le Ray -75.8

🇨🇴 Santa Fe de Antioquia -75.817

🇺🇸 Elkton -75.817

Antipodal to Dosquebradas is: 104.317,-4.833

Locations Near: Dosquebradas -75.6833,4.83333

🇨🇴 Pereira -75.683,4.8 d: 3.7  

🇨🇴 Cartago -75.912,4.747 d: 27.1  

🇨🇴 Armenia -75.672,4.536 d: 33  

🇨🇴 Manizales -75.55,5.1 d: 33.1  

🇨🇴 Calarcá -75.65,4.533 d: 33.6  

🇨🇴 Ibagué -75.217,4.438 d: 67.8  

🇨🇴 Tuluá -76.197,4.084 d: 100.9  

🇨🇴 Buga -76.302,3.9 d: 124.4  

🇨🇴 Quibdó -76.65,5.683 d: 142.8  

🇨🇴 Envigado -75.567,6.167 d: 148.8  

Antipodal to: Dosquebradas 104.317,-4.833

🇮🇩 Liwa 104.083,-5.033 d: 19981  

🇮🇩 Pringsewu 104.961,-5.356 d: 19923  

🇮🇩 Bandar Lampung 105.267,-5.45 d: 19889.5  

🇮🇩 Palembang 104.733,-2.97 d: 19802.8  

🇮🇩 Pangkalan Balai 104.41,-2.891 d: 19798.8  

🇮🇩 Cilegon 106.011,-6.003 d: 19786.9  

🇮🇩 Serang 106.15,-6.117 d: 19767  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu City 102.264,-3.792 d: 19759.7  

🇮🇩 Bengkulu 102.25,-3.783 d: 19757.9  

🇮🇩 Banten 106.25,-6.5 d: 19732.1  

Flood Risk: Climate Central 4.83333 -75.6833

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