Montenegro

 Local Zones of Peace: General Survey and Map.
 
                                       Montenegro
                                                               
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Departamento: Quindio
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Population: c45,000
Location: c300 w of Bogota on western departmental border with Valle de Cauca
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Valued goods produced in region: municipio lies at the center of the Colombian coffee zone, and is an important tourist, vacation and convention destination. Montengro is the site of the “National Coffee Park”, stablished by the Colombian Coffee federation.
 
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Further comments: The continuation of the municipio’s reputation as a safe tourist region implies an absence of armed activity in the region. In 2007 the Canadian Foreign Ministry was classifying Quindio as one of the few rural areas in the country safe for foreign visitors.  
 
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