Bello (Colombia)

Bello
Coordinates: 6 ° 20 ′  N , 75 ° 33 ′  W Bello​ Bello on the map of Colombia
Location of the municipality of Bello on the map of Antioquia
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
Website	www.bello.gov.co
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

Commons : Bello  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alcaldia de Bello. Alcaldía de Bello - Antioquia, accessed on May 4, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Bello). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Historia del municipio de Bello. Alcaldía de Bello - Antioquia, accessed May 4, 2019 (Spanish, information on the history of the municipality). 
2. ↑ 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).