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Antioquia

Also known as Department of Antioquia, Antioquia Department

department of northwestern Colombia

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Antioquia is a department (administrative region) located in northwestern Colombia. It matters as a significant population and economic center in the country, historically important for both its development and its role in Colombia's complex social history.

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Official name: Departamento de Antioquia
Demonym: Antioqueño
Population: 6677930
Area: 63612.0
Elevation: 2099
Official website: www.antioquia.gov.co
Image: Panorámica Guatapé.jpg

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Commons category: Antioquia Department
inception: 1826-01-01
native label: Departamento de Antioquia

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Antioquia ( Spanish pronunciation: [anˈtjokja] ) is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range. Antioquia has been part of many territorial divisions of former countries created within the present-day territory of Colombia. Before the adoption of the Colombian Constitution of 1886, Antioquia State had a sovereign government.

The department covers an area of 63,612 km (24,561 sq mi), and has a population of 6,994,792 (2023). Antioquia borders the Córdoba department and the Caribbean Sea to the north; Chocó to the west; the departments of Bolívar, Santander, and Boyaca to the east; and the departments of Caldas and Risaralda to the south.