Antioquia
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| Capital | Medellín | ||||
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| Area | 63,612 km² | ||||
| Population - Total (2003) - Density | 5,750,478 90 people/km² | ||||
| Adjective | antioqueño | ||||
Antioquia was one of the states in the original "United States of Colombia", and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia.
The department has an area of 63,612 km² (24,427 sq mi), and an estimated population of 5,000,000 (2004). It borders on the Caribbean Sea at the Gulf of Uraba, but is mostly mountainous, with two ranges of the Western Cordillera, and is bordered on the east by the Magdalena River. The greater part of its territory lies between the Magdalena and Cauca rivers and includes the northern end of the Central Cordillera. The country is covered with valuable forests, and its mineral wealth renders it one of the most important mining regions of the republic.
Medellín is the chief city. Other important towns are Santa Fé de Antioquia, the old capital located on the Cauca and Puerto Berrió on the Magdalena. The people of Antioquia are called Paisas.
Prior to the constitution of 1886, Antioquia and the other states were sovereign governments in their own right, and even afterwards retained some rights, such as the management of finances.
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Postage stamps
Antioquia issued its own postage stamps from 1868 to 1904. Many of the later issues, such as those from 1899, are readily available, but authentic usages on cover are scarce.
Municipalities
- Abejorral
- Abriaquí
- Alejandría
- Amagá
- Amalfi
- Andes
- Angelopolis
- Angostura
- Anorí
- Antioquia
- Anza
- Apartadó
- Arboletes
- Argelia
- Armenia
- Barbosa
- Bello
- Belmira
- Betania
- Betulia
- Bolívar
- Briceno
- Buritica
- Cáceres
- Caicedo
- Caldas
- Campamento
- Cañasgordas
- Caracolí
- Caramanta
- Carepa
- Carmen de Viboral
- Carolina del Príncipe
- Caucasia
- Chigorodó
- Cisneros
- Cocorná
- Concepción
- Concordia
- Copacabana]
- Dabeiba
- Don Matías
- Ebejico
- El Bagre
- Entrerrios
- Envigado
- Fredonia
- Frontino
- Giraldo
- Girardota
- Gómez Plata
- Granada
- Guadalupe
- Guarne
- Guatape
- Heliconia
- Hispania
- Itagüí
- Ituango
- Jardín
- Jericó
- La Ceja
- La Estrella
- La Pintada
- La Unión
- Liborina
- Maceo
- Marinilla
- Medellín
- Montebello
- Murindó
- Mutatá
- Nari
- Nechi
- Necoclí
- Olaya
- Peñol
- Peque
- Pueblorrico
- Puerto Berrío
- Puerto Nare
- Puerto Triunfo
- Remedios
- Retiro
- Rionegro
- Sabanalarga
- Sabaneta
- Salgar
- San Andrés
- San Carlos
- San Francisco
- San Jerónimo
- San José de la Montaña
- San Juan de Urabá
- San Luis
- San Pedro
- San Pedro de Urabá
- San Rafael
- San Roque
- Santa Bárbara
- Santa Rosa de Osos
- Santo Domingo
- Santuario
- San Vicente
- Segovia
- Sonsón
- Sopetrán
- Támesis
- Taraza
- Tarso
- Titiribí
- Toledo
- Turbo
- Uramita
- Urrao
- Valdivia]
- Valparaiso
- Vegachi
- Venecia
- Vigía del Fuerte
- Yali
- Yarumal
- Yolombo
- Yondó
- Zaragoza
| Departments of Colombia | Image:Colombia flag large.png |
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| Amazonas | Antioquia | Arauca | Atlántico | Bolívar | Boyacá | Caldas | Caquetá | Casanare | Cauca | Cesar | Chocó | Córdoba | Cundinamarca | Guainía | Guajira | Guaviare | Huila | Magdalena | Meta | Nariño | Norte de Santander | Putumayo | Quindío | Risaralda | San Andrés and Providencia | Santander | Sucre | Tolima | Valle del Cauca | Vaupés | Vichada | |
References
- This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain.
External links
Travel guide to Antioquia from Wikitravel
