Betania (pronounced: Bai-TAHN-ee-uh) is a town and
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
Colombia
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n
department
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* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
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of
Antioquia. Part of the subregion of
Southwestern Antioquia
Southwestern Antioquia is a subregion in the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is made up of 24 municipalities and is part of the Colombian Coffee Region.
Municipalities
* Amagá
* Andes
* Angelópolis
* Betania
* Betulia
* Cai ...
. It exists 33 mi/53 km SW of
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 re ...
. Main industries include coffee, sugarcane, cacao, and livestock.
Climate
Betania has a
tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southea ...
(Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
See also
*
Betania, Venezuela
Betania is a small village that exists in the parish of Cúa, Venezuela. It is popularly known for the shrine of Our Lady of Betania, where retired Catholic Bishop Pio Bello Ricardo declared authentic a Eucharistic Miracle that occurred there.
M ...
References
Municipalities of Antioquia Department
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