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Medellín Department
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 Department, Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. The city's population was 2,427,129 at the 2018 Colombian census, 2018 census. The Metropolitan Area of Medellín, metro area of Medellín is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia in terms of population and economy, with more than 4 million people. In 1616, the Spaniard Francisco de Herrera Campuzano erected a small indigenous village (''poblado'') known as "Lawrence of Rome, Saint Lawrence of Aburrá" (''San Lorenzo de Aburrá''), located in the present-day El Poblado (Medellín), El Poblado commune. On 2 November 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the "Town of Virgin of Candelaria, Our L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Colombia
The districts () of Colombia are cities that have a feature that highlights them, such as its location and trade, history or tourism. Arguably, the districts are special municipalities. In 1861, Bogotá was constitutionally designated as the Federal District, which was later redesignated in 1954 as the Capital District. In addition,Barranquilla, Cartagena de Indias, Cartagena and Santa Marta were designated as districts by the original version of the Constitution of 1991. In July 2007, Congress passed Legislative Act 02, which increased the number of district to 10 with 3 cities and 3 seaports: Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja, the port were Turbo, Colombia, Turbo Antioquia, Urabá Antioquia, Uraba in the Pacific port: Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca, Buenaventura, Tumaco and Medellín. However, in 2009, a large part of this act was declared unconstitutional, stripping district status from Cúcuta, Popayán, Tunja and Uraba. Legal definition According to Law 1617 of 2013, for the crea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SITVA
SITVA (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte del Valle de Aburrá'' in Spanish or Aburrá Valley Integrated Transport System) is the public transportation system of Medellín and its metropolitan area. It allows people from the Metropolitan Area of Medellín to move across the ten Aburrá Valley municipalities using different transport modes. It uses integrated fares and a single payment card (Cívica card). Components SITVA includes the Medellín Metro, currently comprising two lines: ''Line A'', which is long and serves 21 stations, and ''Line B'', which is long and serves 6 stations (plus San Antonio station (Medellín), San Antonio station, the transfer station with Line A). There is also a tram line: ''Line T'' (Ayacucho Tram). Additionally, the aerial Aerial lift, cable car system, Metrocable (Medellín), Metrocable, which supplements the Rapid transit, metro system, comprises six lines: ''Line J'' with 3 stations (plus one transfer station with Metro Line B), ''Line K'' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
