Antioquia

Antioquia () is ane o the 32 depairtments o Colombie, locatit in the central northwastren pairt o Colombie wi a narrae section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Maist o its territory is muntainous wi some valleys, hintle o which is pairt o the Andes muntain range. Antioquia haes been pairt o mony territorial diveesions o umwhile kintras creatit ower the present day territory o Colombie, an prior tae the Colombie Constitution o 1886, Antioquia State wis a sovereign govrenment in their awn richt.

The depairtment covers an aurie o 63,612 km² (24,427 sq mi), an haes a population o 5,819,358 (2006 estimate); 6,6 million (2010 estimate). Antioquia borders wi the Córdoba Depairtment an the Caribbean Sea tae the north, Chocó tae the wast, tae the east it borders the depairtments o Bolivar, Santander an Boyaca, an tae the sooth the depairtments o Caldas an Risaralda.

Medellín is Antioquia's caipital ceety, an the seicont lairgest ceety in the kintra. Ither important touns are Santa Fe de Antioquia, the auld caipital locatit on the Cauca, an Puerto Berrío on the Magdalena.

 Geografie 
Antioquia is the 6t lairgest depairtment o Colombie. It is predominantly muntainous, crossed bi the Cordillera Central an the Cordillera Occidental o the Andes. The Cordillera Central, further divides tae form the Aburrá valley, in which the caipital Medellín is locatit. The Cordillera Central forms the plateaus o Santa Rosa de Osos an Rionegro.

Despite 80% o the depairtment's territory being muntainous, Antioquia haes a coast on the Caribbean Sea an aw, in the lawland aurie o the Urabá. This aurie haes a tropical climate an is o heich strategical importance due tae its location.

 Admeenistrative diveesions 
 Regions an Municipalities 
Antioquia is dividit intae 9 subregions  tae facilitate the depairtment's admeenistration. These 9 regions contain a total o 126 municipalities. The 9 subregions wi their municipalities are:

 Soothwastren Antioquia Eastren Antioquia Northeastren Antioquia thumb|center|none|200px|Amagá • Andes • Angelópolis • Betania •  Bolívar • Betulia • Caicedo • Caramanta • Concordia • Fredonia • Hispania • Jardín • Jericó • La Pintada • Montebello • Pueblorrico • Salgar • Santa Bárbara • Támesis • Tarso • Titiribí • Urrao • Valparaíso • Venecia thumb|center|200px|Abejorral • Alejandría • Argelia • Carmen de Viboral • Cocorná • Concepción • Granada • Guarne • Guatape • La Ceja • La Unión • Marinilla • Nariño • Peñol • Retiro • Rionegro • San Carlos • San Francisco • San Luis • San Rafael • San Vicente • Santuario • Sonsónthumb|center|200px|Amalfi • Anorí • Cisneros • Remedios • San Roque • Santo Domingo • Segovia • Vegachi • Yali • Yolombo
Northren Antioquia Wastren Antioquia Bajo Cauca Antioquiathumb|center|200px|Angostura • Belmira • Briceño • Campamento • Carolina del Príncipe • Don Matías • Entrerríos • Gómez Plata • Guadalupe • Ituango • San Andrés • San José de la Montaña • San Pedro • Santa Rosa de Osos • Toledo • Valdivia • Yarumalthumb|center|200px|Abriaquí • Antioquia • Anza • Armenia • Buritica • Cañasgordas • Dabeiba • Ebejico • Frontino (Colombia) • Giraldo • Heliconia • Liborina • Olaya • Peque • Sabanalarga • San Jerónimo • Sopetrán • Uramitathumb|center|200px|Caucasia • El Bagre • Nechi • Tarazá • Cáceres • Zaragoza
 Magdalena Medio Antioquia  Urabá Antioquia Metropolitan Aurie o Medellínthumb|center|200px|Yondó • Puerto Berrío • Maceo • Caracolí • Puerto Nare • Puerto Triunfothumb|center|200px|Apartadó • Arboletes • Carepa • Currulao•  Chigorodó • Murindó • Mutatá • Turbo • Necoclí • San Juan de Urabá • San Pedro de Urabá • Vigía del Fuertethumb|center|200px|Barbosa • Bello • Caldas • Copacabana • Envigado • Girardota • Itagüí • La Estrella • Medellín • Sabaneta

 Demografie 
The population o Antioquia is 5,819,358 (2005 estimate), o which mair nor hauf live in the metropolitan aurie o Medellin. The racial composition is:
 White / Mestizo (81.66%)
 Black or Afro-Colombie (10.83%)
 Amerindian or Indigenous (7.00%)
 Gypsies (0.51%)

The local inhabitants o Antioquia are ken as antioqueños. O the five main regional groups in Colombie, the predominant group in Antioquia are kent as paisa, referrin tae those livin in the Paisa region, which covers maist o Antioquia, as well as the depairtments o Caldas, Risaralda an Quindío.

 See an aw 

 Leet o municipalities in Antioquia
 Postage stamps o Antioquia

 References 

 Further readin 
  Secretary o Education – Govrenment o Colombie
  The airticle is available here  


Category:Depairtments o Colombie
Category:States an territories established in 1826