GENERALITY OF MEDELLÍN

by Claudia Gil

GENERALITY OF MEDELLÍN   

LOCATION

Medellín  is the second-largest city in Colombia and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley.  With its surrounding area that includes nine other cities, Caldas, La Estrella, Sabaneta, Itagui and Envigado in the south, Bello, Copacabana, Barbosa and Girardota in the north, and Medellin in the center of  the metropolitan area of Medellín. This is the second-largest urban agglomeration in Colombia.

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WEATHER

The weather in Medellín is warm all year, this city  has a subtropical rainforest climate. It is located at 1,500 m above sea level, although it is not as hot as other cities located at the same height because of the privileged location in the Andes Range.

SMALL HISTORY

Medellín was founded in 1616 by the Spaniard Francisco Herrera Campuzano who erected a small indigenous village known as "Saint Lawrence of Aburrá", currently the Poblado Park.

The Basilica  Our Lady of Candelaria of Medellín was the first church in the city founded in 1675 in the Aná region, that today corresponds to the center of the city.

In 1826, the city was appointed the capital of the Department of Antioquia, Santa Fe de Antioquia had this title since colonial times.

ECONOMY

The City currently has a dynamic industry that contains national and international companies, textile sector, manufacturing, metal mechanical, energy, financial, health, telecommunications, making  Medellín the  most important in the region for its universities, academies, commerce, industry, science, health services, flower-growing and festivals.  With the construction of the Medellin Metro, the city regained industrial dynamism and thanks to its development policies it improved security and improved education. The city is promoted internationally as a tourist destination and is considered a city in development, " Researchers at the Overseas Development Institute have lauded the city as a pioneer of a post-Washington consensus "local development state" model of economic development"

The city currently has new development works that give greater presence and category to the city, making it one of the most innovative. Among them we can find:

Parks of the River, that is a project of urban transformation, Its objective is to turn the Medellín River into the main axis of public space in the city.

Ayacucho Tram: the rail system has 4.3 kilometers from the San Antonio Metro station to the Alejandro Echavarría neighborhood. It has 9 stations.

Bridge of Mother Laura  This work connects the communes 4 (Aranjuez) and 5 (Castilla) by 786 meters of viaduct which passes over the North Highway and the Medellín River.

EnCicla, This is a complementary mobility system that offers more than 1,500 bicycles for use among users, who can pick them up at defined service points and leave them at other stations using the Civic card.

PLACES

Among its most important places to visit are the museum  Antioquia, Museum of Modern Art of Medellín, University Museum, University of Antioquia, Museum El Castillo, Interactive Museum EPM, Mineralogy Museum, San Pedro Cemetery Museum, House Museum Master Pedro Nel Gómez, Casa Museo Gardeliana, exprora park, Planetarium of Medellín, Botero square, Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria, Christmas lights at Nutibara Hill, Metropolitan Cathedral, Wishes Park,  Cisneros square, Freedom Square and the paisa town