Medellín () is a village in the

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Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...

Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...

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, notable as both the birthplace of

Hernán Cortés Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (; ; 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish ''conquistador'' who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of w ...

in 1485 and the site of the Battle of Medellín, during the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

. The second-largest city in

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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 ...

, was named in honour of the small village as well as

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, two cities in

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, and

Medellin, Cebu Medellin, officially the Municipality of Medellin ( ceb, Lungsod sa Medellin; tgl, Bayan ng Medellin), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,605 people. Medel ...

, in the

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. The city was named after the Roman general

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (c. 128 – 63 BC) was a Roman politician and general. Like the other members of the influential Caecilii Metelli family, he was a leader of the Optimates, the conservative faction opposed to the Populares during ...

, who founded it as a military base for his operations in western Iberia, during the

Sertorian War The Sertorian War was a civil war fought from 80 to 72 BC between a faction of Roman rebels ( Sertorians) and the government in Rome ( Sullans). The war was fought on the Iberian Peninsula (called ''Hispania'' by the Romans) and was one of the ...

. In

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, it was called ''Metellinum''. Medellín is well-known because of its cultural heritage, with places like the

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, the old

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and other archelogical sites. It has a population of 2,337 (2009) and an area of 65 km².

References

External links

Official website of Medellín

Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz Coloniae (Roman) Populated places established in the 1st century BC {{Badajoz-geo-stub

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