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Medellín

#123 in World

Colombia

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Population
2.5M
Coordinates
6.2518, -75.5636
Category
cities

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Medellín, officially the Special District of Science, Technology and Innovation of Medellín, is the second-largest city in Colombia after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains, in northwestern South America. The city's population was 2,427,129 at the 2018 census.

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