Antioquia

Depairtment o Antioquia Departamento de Antioquia
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Liberty an Courage (Spaingie: Libertad y Valor)
Anthem: Himno de Antioquia
Antioquia shown in red
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Andean Region
Established	1826
Caipital	Medellín
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Sergio Fajardo (Colombie Green Pairty)
Area
• Total	63612 km2 (24,561 sq mi)
Area rank	6
Population  (2005)
• Total	5,671,689
• Rank	2
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-ANT
Provinces	9
Municipalities	125
Website	www.gobant.gov.co

Antioquia (Spaingie pronunciation: [anˈtjokja]) is ane o the 32 depairtments o Colombie, locatit in the central northwastren pairt o Colombie wi a narrae section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Maist o its territory is muntainous wi some valleys, hintle o which is pairt o the Andes muntain range. Antioquia haes been pairt o mony territorial diveesions o umwhile kintras creatit ower the present day territory o Colombie, an prior tae the Colombie Constitution o 1886, Antioquia State wis a sovereign govrenment in their awn richt.

The depairtment covers an aurie o 63,612 km² (24,427 sq mi), an haes a population o 5,819,358 (2006 estimate); 6,6 million (2010 estimate). Antioquia borders wi the Córdoba Depairtment an the Caribbean Sea tae the north, Chocó tae the wast, tae the east it borders the depairtments o Bolivar, Santander an Boyaca, an tae the sooth the depairtments o Caldas an Risaralda.

Medellín is Antioquia's caipital ceety, an the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra. Ither important touns are Santa Fe de Antioquia, the auld caipital locatit on the Cauca, an Puerto Berrío on the Magdalena.

Geografie

Antioquia is the 6t lairgest depairtment o Colombie. It is predominantly muntainous, crossed bi the Cordillera Central an the Cordillera Occidental o the Andes. The Cordillera Central, further divides tae form the Aburrá valley, in which the caipital Medellín is locatit. The Cordillera Central forms the plateaus o Santa Rosa de Osos an Rionegro.

Despite 80% o the depairtment's territory being muntainous, Antioquia haes a coast on the Caribbean Sea an aw, in the lawland aurie o the Urabá. This aurie haes a tropical climate an is o heich strategical importance due tae its location.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Regions an Municipalities

Antioquia is dividit intae 9 subregions tae facilitate the depairtment's admeenistration. These 9 regions contain a total o 126 municipalities. The 9 subregions wi their municipalities are:

Demografie

The population o Antioquia is 5,819,358 (2005 estimate), o which mair nor hauf live in the metropolitan aurie o Medellin. The racial composition is:

• White / Mestizo (81.66%)
• Black or Afro-Colombie (10.83%)
• Amerindian or Indigenous (7.00%)
• Gypsies (0.51%)

The local inhabitants o Antioquia are ken as antioqueños. O the five main regional groups in Colombie, the predominant group in Antioquia are kent as paisa, referrin tae those livin in the Paisa region, which covers maist o Antioquia, as well as the depairtments o Caldas, Risaralda an Quindío.

See an aw

• Leet o municipalities in Antioquia
• Postage stamps o Antioquia

Further readin

• (in Spaingie) Secretary o Education – Govrenment o Colombie
•  This airticle incorporates text frae a publication nou in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "^{article name needed}". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) The airticle is available here [2] Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine