Barbosa is a town and

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Antioquia Department Antioquia () 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 o ...

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. Situated 39 km from

Medellín Medellín ( ; or ), officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín (), is the List of cities in Colombia, second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia Departme ...

's downtown, it is one of the municipalities of

the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: ''Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá'') is the second most important and populated metropolitan area in Colombia. The region is made up of ten municipalities, Medellín being the most i ...

. The population was estimated to be 54,347 in 2020. It is known as the Gateway to the Northeast, famous for its lakes and streams. A traditional

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Festival is held here in December and a Train Festival in the district of El Hatillo in August.

Climate

References

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley Municipalities of Antioquia Department {{Antioquia-geo-stub