Medellín
capital city of Antioquia, Colombia
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Summary
Medellín is a municipality of Colombia[1]. Medellín ranks in the top 0.19% of municipality of colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,987 views/month, #2 of 1,026).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Antioquia[4]
- Country: Colombia[5]
- Instance of: city[6], big city[7], district of Colombia[8]
- Official language: Spanish[9]
- Shares border with: Belllo[10], San Jerónimo[11], Ebéjico[12], Heliconia[13], Angelópolis[14], La Estrella[15], Itagüí[16], Envigado[17], Rio negro[18], Guarne[19], Copacabana[20]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Popular[21], Santa Cruz[22], Manrique[23], Aranjuez[24], Castilla[25], Doce de Octubre[26], Robledo[27], Villa Hermosa[28], Buenos Aires[29], La Candelaria[30], Laureles–Estadio[31], La América[32], San Javier[33], El Poblado[34]
- Twinned administrative body: Cali[35], Varna[36], Barcelona[37], Bilbao[38], Buenos Aires[39], Fort Lauderdale[40], Gold Coast[41], Milan[42], Hyderabad[43], Monterrey[44], Miami[45], Tacuarembó[46], Tarapoto[47], Maracay[48]
- Legislative body: city council of Medellín[49]
- Executive body: office of the mayor of Medellín[50]
- Postal code: 050001[51]
- Commons category: Medellín[52]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[53]
- Local dialing code: 4[54]
- Inception: November 22, 1675[55]
- Official website: https://www.medellin.gov.co/[56]
- Topic's main category: Category:Medellín[57]
- Commons gallery: Medellín[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Medellín include Aburrá Valley metropolitan area[59], a metropolitan area[60], in Colombia[61] and Pteronymia medellina[62], a taxon[63].
Why It Matters
Medellín has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Medellín is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Medellín include Aburrá Valley metropolitan area[59], a metropolitan area[60], in Colombia[61] and Pteronymia medellina[62], a taxon[63].