Valle de Aburrá metropolitan area

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Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Panorámica Valle de Aburrá.jpg
Basic data
Surface: 1,157 km 2
location 6 ° 15 ′  N , 75 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 6 ° 15 ′  N , 75 ° 34 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 1538 m
Population (2019): 4,256,997
Density: 3,379 inhabitants / km 2
Telephone code: 0057 4
politics
Department : Antioquia
Structure: Caldas , La Estrella , Sabaneta , Itagüí , Envigado , Medellín , Bello , Copacabana , Girardota , Barbosa Barrios
www.metropol.gov.co Website of Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
location
Location of the Area Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá

The metropolitan region of Valle de Aburrá describes the second largest metropolitan region of Colombia with ten surrounding municipalities ( municipios ), over which the urban area of Medellín extends de facto today . The Aburrá Valley is a valley of the Central Cordillera in northwestern Colombia, at an average altitude of about 1538  m above sea level. NN . Medellín is therefore also known as the Capital de la Montaña , "Capital of the Mountains".

Location of the metropolitan area of ​​Valle de Aburrá in the Antioquia department

The metropolitan region of Valle de Aburrá stretches over 70 kilometers from Caldas ( 1760  m above sea  level ) in the south in a north-easterly direction to Barbosa ( 1300  m above sea  level ) in the north. Thanks to the good location at this altitude, the temperatures rarely exceed 30 ° C and do not fall below 16 ° C. Due to this pleasant climate with an annual average temperature of 22 ° C, the valley with the capital Medellín is also known as the “City of Eternal Spring”. Medellín and its surrounding communities are among the most innovative regions in the world.

Municipalities of the metropolitan area of ​​Valle de Aburrá

Communities Area
km²
Residents
Density
(population / km² )
Height
above sea level ( m )
Distance to the center
of Medellín ( km )
Medellin 380.64 2,530,723 6,221.8 1,538 0
Bello 142.36 578,560 2,960.9 1,450 10
Itagüí 21.09 280.920 15,021.7 1,550 11
Envigado 78.78 238,599 2,889.0 1,675 10
Caldas 135.00 81,762 583.4 1,750 22nd
Copacabana 70.00 74,033 952.3 1,454 18th
La Estrella 35.00 67,332 1,668.9 1,775 16
Girardota 78.00 58,477 663.0 1,425 26th
Sabaneta 15.00 54,559 3,266.4 1,550 14th
Barbosa 206.00 53,832 227.9 1,300 42
Total 1,156.18 4,256,997 3,305.5 - -
2018 estimate by DANE

Web links

Commons : Valle de Aburrá metropolitan area  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Medellin, the most innovative city in the world peterstravel.de, accessed on March 16, 2019
  2. Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005 dane.gov.co, accessed on March 16, 2019 (Spanish)