Antioquia
department of northwestern Colombia
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Summary
Antioquia is a department of Colombia[1]. Antioquia ranks in the top 3% of department of colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,006 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colombia[3]
- Country: Colombia[4]
- Capital: Medellín[5]
- Official language: Spanish[6]
- Shares border with: Córdoba Department[7], Bolívar Department[8], Santander Department[9], Boyacá Department[10], Caldas Department[11], Risaralda Department[12], Chocó Department[13]
- Named after: Antioch[14]
- Flag: flag of Antioquia Department[15]
- Legislative body: departmental assembly of Antioquia[16]
- Executive body: office of the governor of Antioquia department[17]
- Commons category: Antioquia Department[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[19]
- Inception: January 1, 1826[20]
- Official website: http://www.antioquia.gov.co/[21]
- Topic's main category: Category:Antioquia Department[22]
- Population: 6,690,980[23], 5,671,689[24], 6,677,930[25]
- Office held by head of government: Governor of Antioquia[26]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Encyclopedic Lexicon[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30]
- Official name: Departamento de Antioquia[31]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in the department of Antioquia[32]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Antioquia[33]
- Demonym: Antioqueño[34]
- Native label: Departamento de Antioquia[35]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Antioquia Department[36]
- Elevation above sea level: 2099 m[37]
- Area: 63612.0 km²[38]
Why It Matters
Antioquia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Antioquia is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]