Economy Bucaramanga

1 economy

1.1 industry
1.2 business
1.3 labour market

1.3.1 transport
1.3.2 national road connection


1.4 air transport

economy
industry

downtown bucaramanga, santander park, , triad building.

an industrial activity developed in bucaramanga has gained national recognition footwear industry. reason, footwear manufacturers association, asoinducals, located in city. footwear sector has major market nationally , internationally in countries such argentina, brazil, canada, ecuador, italy, caribbean islands, united states, peru, venezuela , mexico. there big clothing industry. there growing number of technological research centers in various topics such energy, gas, oil, corrosion, asphalt, leather , agro-industrial development tools, among others.

the city has chimitá industrial zone located in western area of plateau near town of giron, many companies different specialties terpel have production plants there. in city, there s 1 of main production plants of bavaria brewery. city planning build zona franca de santander, customs-free zone located within metropolitan area of bucaramanga.

the 2005 census conducted dane presents following figures, 16.5% of establishments engaged in industrial activities, 52.1% engaged in trade activities, 29.8% engaged in services sector , 1.6% engaged in other activities. 3.7% of bucaramanga s households develop economic activity in homes. establishments have between 0 , 10 employees common in trade sector account 54.4% of it. , business have between 10 , 50 employees account 41.7% of services sector. rural sector of city, dane figures showed 75.9% of rural homes occupied farmers. of these homes, 70.1% devoted agriculture, 94.1% raise livestock, , 5.6 fish farming. 5.6% work. these data concludes houses simultaneously develop 2 or 3 of these activities.

thanks commercial , business development has been taking on city, bucaramanga has positioned city of congresses , events, having infrastructure fair , exhibition centre - cenfer, many fairs , exhibitions in branches of national economic sectors performed there annually .

the city has polyfunctional center events , shows, gives space performing great shows, puzzle games, sports , business. number of meeting rooms , conferences allow bucaramanga hold conventions entrepreneurs around country.

the trade fairs direct benefits respective sector, have benefits in other areas of economy such transport, hotels, restaurants, shops , various services activities such advertising, design , decoration, modeling, etc.

the international exhibition of children s fashion (eimi) takes place in bucaramanga. exhibition specialized in children s clothing in latin america. event organized in cenfer complex , 40% of sales generated come exported products.

business

in recent years, several major shopping centers , commercial buildings have been built in bucaramanga. such case of shopping center la florida, six-storey mall 2 pedestrian bridges , 1 vehicular bridge. newer shopping center, megamall, built in 2007, first store of french multinational retailer carrefour opened in city. in following years, 3 more shopping centers built in other areas of city: cacique, parque caracolí , de la cuesta. shopping district known cabecera del llano includes 5 major shopping centers: cabecera etapa i, etapa ii , etapa iii more recognized cabecera etapa iv , shopping center la quinta or v etapa. acropolis shopping center located in area known ciudadela real de minas, while san andresito commercial center , traditional , renovated (2005) cañaveral shopping center located in southern sector of city along el cacique shopping center, opened in november 2012 , considered 1 of largest in latin america. in these shopping centers, there several movie theaters of major companies such cine colombia, cine royal , cinemark, clothing stores adidas, levi s, , national brands such arturo calle, restaurants , cafes presto, el corral, mcdonald s, crêpes & waffles, juan valdez.

one of largest hypermarket chains in colombia, exito, has 5 stores throughout city , distribution center eastern colombia. carrefour opened in 2007 first store @ megamall, merging later local supermarket named mercadefam. chain has 7 stores in city. along this, there local small chain stores in bucaramanga such mercomfenalco, cootracolta, cajasan , others.

view of city of bucaramanga in 2006.




labour market

historically city of bucaramanga has been 1 of cities lowest rate of unemployment in country. of september 2010 according dane statistics between july , september 2010, city had unemployment rate of 11.8%, increasing 3.3% compared october , december 2009 showed rate of 8.5%.

transport

trunk highway metrolínea in bucaramanga - floridablanca , canaveral station.

metrolínea integrated mass transit system of bucaramanga. construction began in 2006 during administration of mayor honorio galvis; operation in first phase. first phase inaugurated in december 22, 2009; in phase, first 6 lines inaugurated are: avenida del libertador (diagonal 15), autocentral, prospero finch avenue (27th avenue), la cumbre, highway floridablanca villabel bucarica , have 91 stopways. administration in process of coupling second phase, cover areas of piedecuesta, ciudadela real de minas, avenue of americas (race 33) , have trunks @ autosur, real de minas , americas.

national road connection

bucaramanga connected mainland 2 main routes. first national route 66 comes barrancabermeja , cucuta communicates , venezuela, second ruta nacional 45a comes bogota , san alberto comes road connects colombian caribbean region , major cities across ruta nacional 45.

air transport

bucaramanga palonegro airport.

the international , domestic airport serving bucaramanga palonegro international airport, located on hill of palonegro, west of metropolitan area , close town of lebrija.

the airport opened in 1974, replacing old airport gómez niño located in ciudadela real de minas. airport operates under administration of palonegro consortium colombo-korean sas east airports group. there daily flights major cities in colombia, international flights city of panama.

in 2009, palonegro international airport ranked among colombia s important airports