Antioquia

Antioquia
	the department
Antioquia
	Spanish Departamento de antioquia
Flag	Emblem
A country	Colombia
Includes	9 subregions and 125 municipalities
Adm. Centre	Medellin
History and Geography
Date of formation	1826
Square	63 612 km² (6th place )
Height
Timezone	UTC-5
Population
Population	5 671 689 people ( 2005 ) ( 2nd place )
Density	89.16 people / km² (9th place)
Official language	Spanish
Digital identifiers
ISO 3166-2 Code	CO-ANT
	Official site

Antioquia ^[2] ( Spanish: Antioquia ) - one of the departments of Colombia . Located in the northwestern part of the country, overlooks the Caribbean Sea . The administrative center is the city of Medellin .

Geography

It is the sixth largest territory among the departments of Colombia. 80% of the department is occupied by mountains. The central part of the department is occupied by the Western Cordillera of the Colombian Andes and the Antioquia Massif, separated by the Cauca River Valley. From the east, the Central Cordilleras approach the massif. Plains with a hot and humid climate are widespread in the north, west, and east.

The average temperatures in Medellin are 20-21 ° C. Precipitation is 1500-2000 millimeters per year.

The largest rivers of the department are Magdalena and Cauca.

Forests occupy about 50% of the territory. The eastern leeward slopes of the Western Cordillera are arid, with forests starting at 2,500 meters. Both slopes of the Central Cordillera are covered with tropical rainforests.

Administrative Division

Antioquia is divided into 9 subregions:

Southwest Antioquia
East Antioquia
Northwest Antioquia
North Antioquia
West Antioquia
Bayo Cauca
Magdalena Medio
Uraba
Medellin

Subregions are divided into 125 municipalities:

Municipalities of the department of Antioquia.

Card number	Municipality	Subregion	Square, km²	Population, people (2005)
one	Cáceres	Bayo Cauca	1996	22,812
2	Caucasia (Caucasia)	Bayo Cauca	1411	64,847
3	El Bagre	Bayo Cauca	1563	59 836
four	Nechí	Bayo Cauca	914	10 134
five	Tarazá	Bayo Cauca	1560	29,406
6	Zaragoza (Zaragoza)	Bayo Cauca	1064	32 916
7	Caracolí	Magdalena Medio	260	6 402
eight	Maceo (Maceo)	Magdalena Medio	431	8 376
9	Puerto Berrío	Magdalena Medio	1184	38,466
ten	Puerto Nare	Magdalena Medio	660	12,774
eleven	Puerto Triunfo	Magdalena Medio	361	13,224
12	Yondo	Magdalena Medio	1881	13,548
13	Amalfi	Northwest Antioquia	1224	19,215
14	Anori (Anorí)	Northwest Antioquia	1447	15 344
15	Cisneros	Northwest Antioquia	46	10,447
sixteen	Remedios (Remedios)	Northwest Antioquia	1985	17,658
17	San Roque	Northwest Antioquia	441	20 189
18	Santo Domingo	Northwest Antioquia	271	12 738
nineteen	Segovia (Segovia)	Northwest Antioquia	1231	40,647
20	Vegachí	Northwest Antioquia	512	17 459
21	Yali	Northwest Antioquia	447	6,273
22	Yolombó	Northwest Antioquia	941	16 157
23	Angostura	North Antioquia	392	15 546
24	Belmira	North Antioquia	279	6 500
25	Briceño	North Antioquia	406	10 730
26	Campamento	North Antioquia	200	10 821
27	Carolina del Principe (Príncipe)	North Antioquia	200	4658
28	Donmatías	North Antioquia	181	15,222
29th	Entrerríos	North Antioquia	219	8 305
thirty	Gomez Plata	North Antioquia	360	9 203
31	Guadalupe	North Antioquia	87	6,286
32	Ituango	North Antioquia	2345	43,919
33	San Andrés de Cuerquia	North Antioquia	177	10 709
34	San José de la Montaña	North Antioquia	127	3,862
35	San Pedro de los Milagros	North Antioquia	229	24,350
36	Santa Rosa de Osos	North Antioquia	805	26 100
37	Toledo (Toledo)	North Antioquia	139	10 652
38	Valdivia	North Antioquia	545	11 963
39	Yarumal	North Antioquia	724	52,000
40	Abriaki (Abriaquí)	West Antioquia	290	4200
41	Santa Fe de Antioquia	West Antioquia	499	22,764
42	Ansa (Anzá)	West Antioquia	256	8 900
43	Armenia (Armenia)	West Antioquia	111	7 006
44	Buriticá	West Antioquia	368	8 613
45	Cañasgordas	West Antioquia	391	22,408
46	Dabeiba	West Antioquia	1883	30,088
47	Ebéjico	West Antioquia	235	16,317
48	Frontino (Frontino)	West Antioquia	1236	25 018
49	Giraldo	West Antioquia	96	5,449
50	Elikonia (Heliconia)	West Antioquia	117	7 499
51	Liborina (Liborina)	West Antioquia	217	10 121
52	Olaya	West Antioquia	90	2686
53	Peque	West Antioquia	392	10 382
54	Sabanalarga	West Antioquia	256	9,218
55	San Jerónimo	West Antioquia	155	11 366
56	Sopetran (Sopetrán)	West Antioquia	223	11 948
57	Uramita (Uramita)	West Antioquia	236	8 701
58	Abejorral	East Antioquia	497	25 344
59	Alejandria (Alejandría)	East Antioquia	151	5 941
60	Archelia (Argelia)	East Antioquia	257	8 911
61	El Carmen de Viboral	East Antioquia	448	46,062
62	Cocorná	East Antioquia	210	21 552
63	Concepción	East Antioquia	167	5,933
64	Granada	East Antioquia	183	17 326
65	Guarne	East Antioquia	151	33,847
66	Guatapé	East Antioquia	69	7 623
67	La Ceja	East Antioquia	131	47,499
68	La Unión	East Antioquia	198	19 553
69	Marinilla	East Antioquia	115	45,685
70	Narino (Nariño)	East Antioquia	313	14 670
71	El Peñol	East Antioquia	143	17 622
72	El Retiro	East Antioquia	273	17 692
73	El Santuario	East Antioquia	75	30,692
74	Rionegro	East Antioquia	196	101 046
75	San Carlos	East Antioquia	702	22,678
76	San Francisco	East Antioquia	372	10 328
77	San Luis	East Antioquia	453	16,445
78	San Rafael	East Antioquia	362	19 118
79	San Vicente	East Antioquia	243	25,069
80	Sonsón	East Antioquia	1323	38 359
81	Amagá	Southwest Antioquia	85	26 954
82	Andes	Southwest Antioquia	449	38 854
83	Angelopolis (Angelópolis)	Southwest Antioquia	87	6,586
84	Betania	Southwest Antioquia	170	11 133
85	Ciudad Bolívar	Southwest Antioquia	285	28,466
86	Betulia (Betulia)	Southwest Antioquia	255	17,226
87	Caramanta	Southwest Antioquia	86	7,771
88	Concordia	Southwest Antioquia	231	25 207
89	Caicedo	Southwest Antioquia	221	7 608
90	Fredonia (Fredonia)	Southwest Antioquia	247	22,879
91	Spain (Hispania)	Southwest Antioquia	58	4,553
92	Hardin (Jardín)	Southwest Antioquia	224	16,837
93	Jericó	Southwest Antioquia	193	17 751
94	La Pintada	Southwest Antioquia	55	10 837
95	Montebello	Southwest Antioquia	86	9,405
96	Pueblorrico	Southwest Antioquia	86	10 740
97	Salgar	Southwest Antioquia	418	18 110
98	Santa Barbara	Southwest Antioquia	185	25,547
99	Tamesis (Támesis)	Southwest Antioquia	245	17 346
100	Tarso	Southwest Antioquia	119	6 947
101	Titiribí	Southwest Antioquia	142	11 255
102	Urrao	Southwest Antioquia	2556	42,247
103	Valparaíso	Southwest Antioquia	130	8 033
104	Venecia (Venecia)	Southwest Antioquia	141	13 978
105	Apartadó	Uraba	607	134 572
106	Arboletes	Uraba	718	22,480
107	Karepa (Carepa)	Uraba	380	42,075
108	Chigorodó	Uraba	608	57 556
109	Murindó	Uraba	1349	3 622
110	Mutatá	Uraba	1106	15,583
111	Necocli (Necoclí)	Uraba	1361	40 277
112	San Juan de Urabá	Uraba	239	22 175
113	San Pedro de Urabá	Uraba	476	32,781
114	Turbo	Uraba	2759	122,780
115	Vigia del Fuerte	Uraba	1780	12 156
116	Barbosa	Medellin	208	42 537
117	Bello	Medellin	142	371 973
118	Caldas	Medellin	133	67 372
119	Copacabana	Medellin	70	61 421
120	Envigado	Medellin	50	175,240
121	Girardota	Medellin	78	42,774
122	Itagui (Itagüí)	Medellin	17	230 272
123	La Estrella	Medellin	35	52,709
124	Medellin (Medellín)	Medellin	380.64	2,223,078
125	Sabaneta	Medellin	15	44,820

Population

The population of Antioquia as of 2005 is 5 671 689 people, more than half of the population living in Medellin. Racial composition of the population:

Mestizos and whites (88.66%)
Blacks (10.83%)
Indians (0.51%)

Economics

Mining plays a large role in the economy. Coal is mined in the Western Cordillera, oil (1/3 of the country's production) in the valley of the Magdalena and Atrato rivers, and gold and silver (80%) in the spurs of the Central Cordillera. The proportion of the Department of Industry of Colombia is 20%.

Among the industries, light (textile, sewing, leather), food, cement, electrical and rubber products were developed. Crafts are developed among the population.

The main crops of the department: coffee (17%), corn, yucca, sugarcane, rice. Among the livestock industries, cattle breeding (2 million heads) and pig breeding (0.3 million heads) are most developed.

The railway connects the city of Medellin with the capital and city of Santa Marta. The river navigation on the Magdalena River is developed - the port of Puerto Berrio.

In the city of Rio Negro, on the outskirts of Medellin, is the Jose Maria Cordoba International Airport.

Attractions

Piedra del Peñol is a freestanding cliff 220 meters high.

Notes

↑ Resultados censo general 2005 - Antioquia (Spanish) . Archived March 2, 2012.
↑ Antioquia // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 22.

Links

Antioquia // Great Soviet Encyclopedia : [in 30 vol.] / Ch. ed. A.M. Prokhorov . - 3rd ed. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1969-1978.

[1] Resultados censo general 2005 - Antioquia (Spanish) . Archived March 2, 2012.

[2] Antioquia // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986.- S. 22.