Places / South America / Colombia
Medellín
Visited in February 2020
At a glance
- Country
- Colombia
- Region
- Antioquia
- Population
- 2.5 million
- Type
- Capital city of Antioquia, Colombia
- Coordinates
- 6.27°N, 75.57°W
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Overview
Medellín ( MED-ay-(Y)EEN; Spanish: [meðeˈʝin] or [meðeˈʎin]), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (Spanish: Distrito Especial de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Medellín), is the capital of the department of Antioquia, and the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. The city's population was 2,427,129 at the 2018 census.
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