Dosquebradas

Dosquebradas () is the second largest city and a municipality in the Risaralda Department, Colombia. , with a population of approximately 225,540 inhabitants. The city is connected by the César Gaviria Trujillo Viaduct to Pereira, the capital of the department.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Dosquebradas
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Una Montaña de Colores-Pereira-Dosquebradas.jpg
Settlement.image_flag: Flag_of_Dosquebradas_(Risaralda).svg
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo_Dosquebradas.png
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Risaralda - Dosquebradas.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Dosquebradas in the Risaralda Department of Colombia.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Risaralda Department
Settlement.leader_title: Mayor
Settlement.leader_name: Jorge Ramos Diego
Settlement.area_total_km2: 2705.8
Settlement.population_as_of: 2023

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Wikidata facts

Population: 179301
Area: 70.8
Elevation: 1460
Official website: www.dosquebradas.gov.co
Image: Una Montaña de Colores-Pereira-Dosquebradas.jpg

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Commons category: Dosquebradas
inception: 1844-00-00
postal code: 661001

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== History == The name of the city literally means "two creeks" (dos quebradas), Santa Teresita and Las Garzas. Dosquebradas is sometimes called the Pink Zone (Zona Rosa) of Pereira because it has many nightclubs and bars, which are filled with young people on the weekends.