Bello (Colombia)
Bello | ||
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Coordinates: 6 ° 20 ′ N , 75 ° 33 ′ W Bello on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Bello on the map of Antioquia
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Basic data | ||
Country | Colombia | |
Department | Antioquia | |
City foundation | 1676 | |
Residents | 491,182 (2019) | |
- in the metropolitan area | 3,952,494 | |
City insignia | ||
Detailed data | ||
surface | 149 km 2 | |
Population density | 3059 inhabitants / km 2 | |
height | 1450 m | |
City structure | 10 | |
Waters | Río Medellín , Represa La García | |
Post Code | 051050 | |
prefix | 0057 4 | |
Time zone | UTC -5 | |
City Presidency | Óscar Andrés Pérez Muñoz (2020-2023) | |
City patron | Santa Inés | |
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Chapel of Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Hatoviejo | ||
View of Bello | ||
Niquía metro station in Bello |
Bello is a municipality ( municipality ) in the Department of Antioquia in Colombia . It bears the name of the South American philosopher , international lawyer , philologist and poet Andrés Bello .
The city is located in the Aburrá Valley ten kilometers north of Medellín and belongs to its metropolitan region , the metropolitan region of Valle de Aburrá . The inhabitants call themselves bellanitas .
geography
Bello lies at an altitude of approximately 1450 m above sea level. Meters above sea level and ten kilometers north of the city center of Medellín . The city is bordered by San Pedro de los Milagros to the north, Copacabana to the east, Medellín and San Jerónimo to the west and Medellín to the south.
population
The municipality of Bello has 491,182 inhabitants, of which 485,959 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality. 3,952,494 people live in the metropolitan region (as of 2019).
history
Bello was founded in 1676 by the Spaniard Gaspar de Rodas . According to the chronicles, it was in July 1541 that Jeronimo Luis Tejelo's troops found their way into the wide Los Aburrá valley . Indigenous farmers had set up a scattered settlement with houses there. They mainly lived in the settlement of Niquías , now part of Bello. In 1574 Gaspar de Rhodes asked the town hall of Santa Fe de Antioquia for a land permit in the Aburrá valley, on the one hand to use it for pastures and refreshment stations, and on the other hand to supply the conquests with food. From 1576 his request was granted. So he was allowed to use the domain in the name of the Spanish crown and to rule over the land and its monasteries , villages and herds. From 1613 the place was called Hato Viejo instead of Hato Rhodes or Aburra to distinguish it from later settlements.
traffic
Bello is connected to the Medellín metro network. The journey between the two centers takes 15 minutes.
Sports
In 2014 the football club Deportivo Rionegro , which plays in the Colombian second division , was based in Bello . After a year, the club moved on to Turbo . From 1995 to 2007 there was also the club Atlético Bello , which played in the second division for twelve years, but sold its starting right to Atlético Juventud in 2007 . Both teams wore their home games at Estadio Tulio Ospina from that now has a capacity of 12,000 seats. Bello was the venue for various competitions of the South American Games that were held in Medellín in 2010. The 1990 inline speed skating world championships were held in Bello .
Personalities
- Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid (* 1962), Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Málaga-Soatá (2011–2015) and Cúcuta (2015–)
Web links
- Alcaldia de Bello. Alcaldía de Bello - Antioquia, accessed on May 4, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Bello).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Historia del municipio de Bello. Alcaldía de Bello - Antioquia, accessed May 4, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality).
- ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 4, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).