Eastern Antioquia ( es, Oriente Antioqueño) is subregion of the
Colombian
Department of
Antioquia. The region consists of 23
municipalities.
Geography
The region of Eastern Antioquia limits to the north west with the
Metropolitan Area of Medellín
Metropolitan may refer to:
* Metropolitan area, a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories
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and with
Northeastern Antioquia region. To the east the region borders with the
Magdalena Medio Antioquia region, to the south with
Caldas Department and to the west with a section of the
Southwestern Antioquia region, covering a total area of 8,094 km², approximately 13% of the total area of Antioquia Department.
Municipalities
The region is covered by 23 municipalities being
Guarne the closest to the city of
Medellín
located some 24 km away. The largest municipality of this region is
Sonsón with a total area of 1,323 km² and the smallest one being the municipality of
Argelia.
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Abejorral
Abejorral is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. It borders to the north with the municipalities of Montebello, La Ceja and La Unión, to the east with municipality of Sonsón, ...
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Alejandría
Alejandría (Spanish for the name Alexandria) is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. Bordered to the north with the municipalities of Concepción, Santo Domingo and San Roq ...
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Argelia
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Carmen de Viboral
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Cocorná
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Concepción
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El Peñol
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Granada
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Guarne
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Guatape
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La Ceja
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La Unión
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Marinilla
Marinilla is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia
Eastern Antioquia ( es, Oriente Antioqueño) is subregion of the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region c ...
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Nariño
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Retiro
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Rionegro
Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is "Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro". Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the cit ...
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San Carlos
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San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
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San Luis
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San Rafael
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San Vicente
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Santuario
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Sonsón
Demographics
The population in this region is distributed evenly between the urban and rural areas with 43% of the people living in the urban centers and 57% living in the countryside.
References
Government of Colombia: Se Educa; Regions of Antioquia, Eastern Antioquia
External links
Oriente Virtual: Comunidad del Oriente Antioqueño
Corporación Empresarial del Oriente Antioqueño
Incubadora de Empresas del Oriente Antioqueño
Agencia para el Desarrollo Económico del Oriente Antioqueño
Bilingual Tourism guide of Eastern Antioquia
Regions of Antioquia Department
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