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Córdoba
Municipality and town
San José de Córdoba Church
Flag Coat of arms
Location of the municipality and town of Córdoba, Quindío in the Quindío Department of Colombia.
Coordinates: 4°23′28″N 75°41′16″W / 4.39111°N 75.68778°W / 4.39111; -75.68778
Country	Colombia
Department	Quindío Department
Elevation	1,525 m (5,003 ft)
Population  (2023)
• Total	5,888
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Córdoba is a municipality in the eastern part of the department of Quindío, Colombia. It's located 24 km southeast of the departmental capital Armenia.

Córdoba was founded in 1927 by Jesús García and Jesús Buitrago, and became a municipality in 1966 when it split from Calarcá. In 2023 it had an estimated population of 5,888.^[1] By population it's the third smallest municipality in Quindío, after Buenavista and Pijao.

Córdoba is bounded to the north by the municipality of Calarcá, to the south by Pijao, to the west by Buenavista, and to the east by the department of Tolima.

The average temperature of Córdoba is 20 °C with a subtropical highland climate.^[2]

Córdoba is home to the National Bamboo and Guadua Investigation Center (Spanish: Centro Nacional para el Estudio Bambú-Guadua). Open to the public, the center shows the potential uses of guadua as a material for construction, furniture and decoration. It undertakes research on the cultivation of new varieties of guadua.

The Bamboo and Guadua Festival (Spanish: Fiesta del Bambú y la Guadua) is held in Córdoba in June.

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