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(Redirected from Medellin Metropolitan Area) Socially and economically organized region in Colombia Place in Colombia
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
MedellinMedellin
Location of the Aburrá Valley region within the Antioquia DepartmentLocation of the Aburrá Valley region within the Antioquia Department
Country Colombia
Area
 • Metro1,157 km (447 sq mi)
Population
 • Metro4,055,296
 • Metro density3,500/km (9,100/sq mi)
GDP
 • MetroUS$ 35 billion (2023)
 • Per capitaUS$ 8,500 (2023)

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá) is the second most important and populated metropolitan area in Colombia. The region is made up of ten municipalities, Medellín being the most important, largest and the capital city of the Antioquia Department.

History

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley was the first metropolitan area created in Colombia, in 1980. The metropolitan area was created in order to produce economic integration, projection, and planning for urban development in the cities over the Aburra Valley.

Municipalities in The Metropolitan Area of Medellín (in dark gray, the city proper)

The total population of the ten cities and municipalities part of this metropolitan area is close to four million inhabitants. The development of the Aburra Valley occurred in the 1930s after a rapid population growth that produced a conurbation of Medellín, Itagüí, Envigado, and Bello.

Medellín, as the capital of the Antioquia Department, main economic center and host of most of local government entities contributed to a rapid urban development which absorbed many corregimientos such as Robledo, La América, La Floresta, Guayabal, and Belén, among others. With the industrialization the middle and higher class moved to the southern parts of the city such as El Poblado, which ultimately reached the city of Envigado, while the working class population of Medellín reached cities to the north (Bello) and the southwest (Itagüí).

Geography

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley borders with the municipalities of Ebejico, Heliconia, Angelopolis, and Amagá to the west, with the municipalities of Santa Barbara and Fredonia to the south. To the southwest it borders with the Eastern Antioquia region and to the north with the municipalities of San Jeronimo, San Pedro, and Don Matías covering a total area of 1,152 km. The largest being the territory of the municipality of Medellín with 382 km and the smallest one Sabaneta with 15 km.

Most of the Metropolitan Area is located within the Aburrá Valley.

Municipalities

Municipalities Extension
] 		Population
(hab) 		Density
(inhabitants/km) 		Altitude
m 		Distance
Medellín Downtown (km) 		Map
Medellín 380,64 2 368 282* 6 221,8 1538 0
Bello 142,36 595 457* 3 960,9 1450 10
Envigado 78,80 202 310* 3504 1575 10
Itagüí 17,00 255 369* 15 021,7 1550 11
Sabaneta 15,00 48 997* 3 266,4 1550 14
Barbosa 206,00 46 951* 227,9 1300 42
Caldas 133,40 74 072* 555,2 1750 22
La Estrella 35,00 58 414* 1 668,9 1775 16
Girardota 78,00 49 381* 663,0 1425 26
Copacabana 70,00 66 665* 952,3 1454 18
Total 1 157,39 3 591 963* 3 104 — —
*DANE

See also

References

  1. "TelluBase—Colombia Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  2. Censo oficial DANE 2005 por principales áreas metropolitanas

External links

Antioquia Department
Capital: Medellín
Regions
and
municipalities
Southwestern
Eastern
Northeastern
Northern
Western
Bajo Cauca
Magdalena Medio
Urabá
Metropolitan Area
of the Aburrá Valley
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