Filandia, Quindío

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Filandia is a municipality in the northern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It is located 26 km north of the departmental capital Armenia.

In 2005 it had an estimated population of 15,200, of which 6,800 live in the main urban zone.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Economy
4 References

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Loaiza Piedrahita, Oscar (2004), Los corredores del tiempo: Guía turística por la historia del Quindío. ISBN 958-33-7088-6. Book in Spanish on the history of the municipalities of Quindío until the foundation of the department in 1966. The local history is placed in the context of wider events in Colombia.

Municipalities of the department of Quindío , Colombia

Population over 50,000:	Armenia (capital) \| Calarcá
Population over 20,000:	Circasia \| La Tebaida \| Montenegro \| Quimbaya
Population under 20,000:	Buenavista \| Córdoba \| Filandia \| Génova \| Pijao \| Salento