- Madrid, Cundinamarca
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Location of the town and municipality of Madrid in Cundinamarca Department.
Madrid is a town and municipality in the Department of Cundinamarca, Colombia. The city is located at 19 miles from Bogotá City. The city's main and biggest industry is the growing of flowers, especially roses which are mostly exported to the United States and Japan.
Madrid is well known because it harbors the Academy of Suboficiales (non-commissioned officers) of the Colombian Air Force. The main highway to Medellín (also known as "variante") bisects the city and leads to the northern part of Colombia from Bogotá.
Madrid has some other industries as manufacturing, retail stores and food processing.Some new business developments such as the Celta trade park are undergoing constructions. Such places are intended to be used as a reception point to the arrival of imported goods that will be later allowed to enter Bogota. Nearby towns such as Funza and Mosquera are related to this particular project.
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Coordinates: 04°50′N 74°18′W / 4.833°N 74.3°W
Provinces and Municipalities in Cundinamarca Department 
Almeidas Province Upper Magdalena Province Lower Magdalena Province Gualivá Province Guavio Province Central Magdalena Province Medina Province Eastern Province Rionegro Province Central Savanna Province Western Savanna Province Soacha Province Sumapaz Province Arbeláez • Cabrera • Fusagasugá • Granada • Pandi • Pasca • San Bernardo • Silvania • Tibacuy • VeneciaTequendama Province Anapoima • Anolaima • Apulo • Cachipay • El Colegio • La Mesa • Quipile • San Antonio del Tequendama • Tena • ViotáUbaté Province Carmen de Carupa • Cucunubá • Fúquene • Guachetá • Lenguazaque • Simijacá • Susa • Sutatausa • Tausa • UbatéMetropolitan Area of Bogotá Bogotá, Capital DistrictSee also: List of municipalities in CundinamarcaCategories:- Municipalities of Cundinamarca
- Populated places in the Cundinamarca Department
- Cundinamarca Department geography stubs
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