Medellín

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Medellín

Total population

2,441,123

Coordinates6.24°, -75.57°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Medellín, officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín, is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. 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. The metro area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.