Urabá Antioquia is a subregion in the

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of Antioquia that consists of two enclaves, one forming the northwest corner of the department the other, the west, both are along the

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and are separated by the El Carmen del Darién and Riosucio municipalities of the

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with territories in both municipalities in dispute with Chocó. The region is made up by 11

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. Most of this region's northern portion is part of the Colombian

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. Urabá Antioquia also acts as the headquarters of the powerful and ruthless

Clan del Golfo The Clan del Golfo (English: The Gulf Clan), also known as Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia – AGC) and formerly called Los Urabeños and Clan Úsuga, is a prominent Colombian Paramilitarism in Colo ...

, a

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-trafficking, neo-paramilitary organization.

Municipalities

Apartadó Apartadó () is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. "Apartadó" means "river of plantains" in the local Indian language. The town is located near the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Urabá, the economy is based in banan ...

Arboletes Arboletes is a town and municipality in the subregion of Urabá in Antioquia Department, Colombia. The municipality is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the north, the department of Córdoba to the north and east, the municipality of San Pedro ...

Carepa Carepa is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Climate Carepa has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found wit ...

Chigorodó Chigorodó () is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Residents * Jaime Castañeda, cyclist Climate Chigorodó has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial clim ...

Murindó Murindó is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate Murindó has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usual ...

Mutatá Mutatá is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate Mutatá has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist a ...

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Necoclí Necoclí is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá. Its population is predominantly Afro-Colombian, Black descendants of former slaves. It was founded as a Spanish city called S ...

San Juan de Urabá San Juan de Urabá is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Climate San Juan de Urabá has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bernd Köppen ( ...

San Pedro de Urabá San Pedro de Urabá () is a municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Climate San Pedro de Urabá has a tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tro ...

Vigía del Fuerte Vigía del Fuerte is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. The town is on the eastern bank of the Atrato River, which locally forms the border between the Antioquia and Chocó Departments of Colombia. Vigía del Fue ...

Notable people

* Luis Eduardo Gómez (born ca. 1941), freelance journalist

References

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