Madrid () is a town and municipality in the Western Savanna Province, part of the department of Cundinamarca,

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. The city is located at from the capital

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. 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 borders

Bojacá Bojacá is a municipality and town of the Western Savanna Province, Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. The urban centre is situated at an altitude of on the Bogotá savanna at from the capital Bogotá. The municipality borders Zipacón, ...

, El Rosal,

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Funza Funza () is a municipality and town of Colombia in the Western Savanna Province, of the department of Cundinamarca. Funza is situated on the Bogotá savanna, the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense with the urban centre at an altit ...

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and

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Etymology

Madrid is named after its founder; Pedro Fernández Madrid.

History

The area of Madrid was inhabited early in the history of inhabitation of the

Bogotá savanna The Bogotá savanna is a montane savanna, located in the southwestern part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the center of Colombia. The Bogotá savanna has an extent of and an average altitude of . The savanna is situated in the Eastern Range ...

, evidenced by archaeological findings at Lake La Herrera (

Lake Herrera Lake Herrera is a small lake located at from the urban centre of Mosquera and about west of the capital Bogotá in Cundinamarca, Colombia. The Andean lake has made its name in the Herrera Period, the period in the history of central Colombia b ...

). The

Muisca The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest. The people spoke Muysccubun, a language of the Chibchan langu ...

inhabited the area before the

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and had rich agricultural lands established in the region. Modern Madrid was founded on June 7, 1559.Official website Madrid
/ref> Madrid is well known because it harbors the Academy of Subofficers (non-commissioned officers) of the

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. The main highway to

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(also known as "variante") bisects the city and leads to the northern part of Colombia from Bogotá. In 2017 the town was featured in an episode of ''Madrid de sol a sol'', a show from Spanish public channel

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exploring locations named "Madrid".

Economy

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.

Gallery

File:Estatua Parque Madrid.JPG, Statue in Madrid File:San miguel arcangel.png, Statue in Madrid File:ESTACION FERROCARRIL MADRID 007.jpg, Train station

References

{{Municipalities cundinamarca department Municipalities of Cundinamarca Department Populated places established in 1559 1559 establishments in the Spanish Empire Muisca Confederation