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Itagüí
Itagüí () is a city of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. It is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Demographics The population at the 2005 census was 230,272. Its density is 17 km2. History Founded in 1743, Itagüí was declared a municipality in 1832. Its name comes some historians of an indigenous chief named ''Bitagüí''. Two of its most representative Diego Echavarría Misas and Eladio Vélez. There were two chapels in Itagüí in colonial times. One in the place of the Tablaza that had been owned by Bruno Saldarriaga, built thanks to the permission that the Bishop of Popayán Francisco José de Figueredo granted December 19, 1743. Francisco Riaza and Bruno Saldarriaga who Lot more to the small temple, gave an extension of thirty blocks for the drawing of a population. This chapel was what later came to be elevated to the status of parish. In 1774, the priest of Medellin Juan Salvador de Villa called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego Echavarría Misas
Diego Echavarría Misas (28 September 1895 in Itagüí – 19 September 1971 in Medellín) was a Colombian businessman. As a philanthropist, he contributed significantly to the region of Aburrá Valley, especially his hometown, Itagüí. Personal life Echavarría was the son of Alejandro Echavarria Isaza, a well known businessman originally from Barbosa, and Ana Josefa Misas Euse. At 16 years old he was sent to Germany, where he attended high school at the Otto-Kühne-Schule in Bad Godesberg. Soon after, he travelled throughout Europe whilst periodically visiting Medellin, where he worked with his father. He eventually settled in Paris. He married Benedikta Zur Nieden, who known as "Dita". The couple had a daughter, Isolda Echavarría Zur Nieden, and eventually moved to Itagüí. Echavarría died on 19 September 1971, after being kidnapped and murdered by the "El Mono" Trejos gang in Medellín. Philanthropic projects Echavarría and his wife Dita bought an estate in Itag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eladio Vélez
Eladio Vélez was a Colombian painter, was born in Itagüí, Antioquia in 1897 and died in Medellin, Antioquia in 1967. He is considered one of the most representative artists in the city of Itagüí ," Itagüí City. Web, Sep. 11, 2010. and in Colombia. His works embrace a theme sometimes considered inconsequential: rural landscapes, city streets, daily life, in which displays realistic technique that values color, plasticity and careful brushstrokes in the oil and the watercolor technique with which he founded with his friend Pedro Nel Gómez
Pedro Nel Gómez Agudelo (4 July 1899 — 6 June 1984) was a Colombian engineer, painter, and sculptor, best known for his work as a muralis ...
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Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad De Itagüí
Estadio Metropolitano Ciudad de Itagüí is a multi-use stadium in Itagüí, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches by Leones F.C., currently playing in Categoría Primera B Categoría Primera B, commonly referred to as Torneo BetPlay Dimayor due to sponsorship by online betting company BetPlay (formerly ''Torneo Águila''), is the second-division football league in Colombia. Format DIMAYOR has applied a new form .... The stadium has a capacity of 12,000 spectators. References Football venues in Colombia Itagüí Buildings and structures in Antioquia Department Sports venues completed in 1994 1994 establishments in Colombia {{Colombia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de 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 South America. According to the National Administrative Department of Statistics, the city had an estimated population of 2,508,452 according to the 2018 census. With its surrounding area that includes nine other cities, the metropolitan area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. In 1616, the Spaniard Francisco Herrera Campuzano erected a small indigenous village ("''poblado''") known as " Saint Lawrence of Aburrá" (''San Lorenzo de Aburrá''), located in the present-day El Poblado commune. On 2 November 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the "Town of Our Lady of Candelaria of Medellín" (''Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sabaneta, Antioquia
Sabaneta is a municipality of Colombia, located in the Aburrá Valley of the Antioquia department. It is bordered on the north by the municipalities of La Estrella, Itagüí and Envigado, on the east by the municipality of Envigado, on the south by the municipality of Caldas, and on the west by the municipality of La Estrella. It is the smallest municipality in Colombia, with only 15 km². It is known as the ''Municipio Modelo de Colombia'' ("Model Municipality of Colombia") or the ''Vallecito de Encanto'' ("Charming little Valley"). The municipality owes its name to the diminutive "sabana," a Spanish word meaning "savannah". The population receives an influx of visitors on the weekends because of its reputation for having outstanding entertainment venues. History Sabaneta was initially inhabited by the Anacona indigenous peoples (aboriginals from the other side of the Aná), who settled the eastern slope, starting from the hill of Pan de Azucar. In 1750, Spanish f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Envigado
Envigado () is a town southeast of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. It borders El Poblado, Medellín to the north, Sabaneta to the south, El Retiro and Caldas to the east, and Itagüí to the west. Envigado is known for maintaining the traditions of the Paisa Region and for its architecture. It also has one of the highest standards of living in Colombia and according to the Colombian magazine Semana, it has the lowest rate in the country of, what the magazine calls, “people with unmet basic needs”. Its recent history is closely associated with Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel. Despite its connection with Escobar, the Aburrá Valley now has one of the lowest homicide rates in Colombia: 6 for every 100,000 people, Envigado is the hometown of the Colombian writer and philosopher Fernando González. His house, ''Otraparte'', today is a cultural center and museum dedicated to his memory and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bello, Antioquia
Bello (, ) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia and is a suburb of Medellín, the department capital. Bello is part of The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley in the department of Antioquia. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of San Pedro de los Milagros, on the east by the municipality of Copacabana (Colombia), Copacabana, on the south by the municipality of Medellin, Colombia, Medellín and on the west by the municipalities of Medellín and San Jerónimo, Colombia, San Jerónimo. It is the center of the development in the north of the Aburrá Valley (), and as a member of the The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley, Metropolitan Area of Aburrá Valley, or AMVA (), some public services are regulated for the Metropolitan area, Metropolitan Area. There are several nicknames for the municipality: Imperio del Cacique Niquia (Cacique Niquia's Empire), Cuna de Marco Fidel Suárez ("Marco Fidel Suárez's cradle"), "Ciudad de los artistas" ("A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auteco
Auteco (Auto Tecnica Colombiana S.A) is a Colombian motor vehicle manufacturer. It was the first motorcycle assembler in the country. History Auteco was founded on 1 September 1941 in Medellín. It initially distributed spare parts and petrol. In 1945 Auteco began importing American Indian motorcycles. It then went on to import Excelsior motorbikes, as well as vehicles produced by Nash, Renault and Gravely. In 1954 Auteco acquired the right to assemble and sell Lambretta scooters in Colombia. These would later be assembled at a newly built factory in Itagüí, Antioquia, constructed in 1962. These scooters were all badged ''Auteco Lambretta''. They were based at various times on the Li and GP ranges, as well as Servetas. Many were hybrids, depending on what components were currently available. Production ceased at some time during the 1970s. In 1972 Auteco formed a business partnership with Kawasaki to build its motorcycles under licence. This was expanded in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antioquia Department
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Aburrá Valley
Aburrá Valley (in Spanish ''Valle de Aburrá''), is the natural river basin of the Medellín River and one of the most populous valleys of Colombia in its Andean Region with near 4 million inhabitants in its biggest urban agglomeration: The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. The valley is located on the Central Range, over the Antioquian Mountain just between the Magdalena and Cauca valleys from east to west. The name "''Aburrá''" comes from an ancient language spoken in the place by the "''Aburreans''" (Aburraes) before the Spaniards settled the place during the 16th century. The valley is oriented from south to north being the south the highest level and the north the low level. The altitudes of the mountains around the valley (west and east mountains), can reach up to above the sea level (Padre Amaya Peak). The lowest level is above the sea level. From its north natural limit to its southern part, the valley is long, while there are several varieties in its wid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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