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Montenegro

The municipality of Montenegro is located 10 kilometers west of Armenia, in the department of Quindío in Colombia, and 300 kilometers southwest of Bogota at an altitude of 1,294 meters above sea level, with geographical coordinates 4.34° North Latitude and 75.45° West Longitude. It has an area of 148.92 km². It is bordered to the north by the municipalities of Quimbaya and Circasia, to the west by the municipalities of La Victoria and Obando, to the east by Circasia and Armenia and to the south by the municipality of La Tebaida.

Montenegro is a land of coffee and tourism. In Montenegro, the traces of the coffee culture are present everywhere, perpetuating in the memory of locals and visitors alike the idea that this product is linked to the past, present and future of the region and the country. During the so-called ""coffee bonanza"" of the 1970's, Montenegro and Quindío experienced a period of great prosperity.

During this period coffee reached prices never seen before. The surpluses from coffee sales were invested in the development of road and water infrastructure. The excellent road network that the department possesses is in great part a product of the coffee industry. The urban center of Montenegro houses exceptional examples of the traditional architecture of the Antioquian colonization. The Cadavid Building located in the Plaza de Bolivar is a magnificent example of the color and beauty of this type of construction typical of the coffee region. Tourism is only one of the sectors of Montenegro's economy, which is based on an essentially agricultural component. This characteristic confers to the rural environment of this municipality a great variety of landscapes dotted with banana, citrus and, of course, coffee crops."

The department of Quindío is the smallest of the country's continental territory, with a surface area of 1,845 km2. It stands out in the country for the strong roots of the coffee culture and for its natural wealth, represented by exuberant vegetation and a great diversity of ecosystems.

A couple of facts demonstrate the importance of coffee in this region: all of Quindío's 12 municipalities are coffee producers, and 207 of its 267 villages are coffee-growing. The department is the twelfth largest coffee producer in the country (out of 20), with an estimated annual production of 666,000 60-kilogram bags of green coffee or, in other words, 6 % of the Colombian harvest.

Quindío is one of the departments that make up the Eje Cafetero, which was once abundant in coffee crops before being devastated by a major earthquake in 1999. From then on, its expansion and recognition began to be directed towards tourism for its beautiful landscapes and colonial towns. Today, its fertile land continues to be attractive for coffee and other crops, especially in the mountain range area in the municipalities of: Pijao, Buenavista and Génova where soils rich in organic matter are still preserved.