| Eastern Antioquia |
Article Index for Eastern |
Website Links For Eastern |
Information AboutEastern Antioquia |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT EASTERN ANTIOQUIA | |
| regions of antioquia | |
|
Eastern Antioquia ('' Department of Antioquia . The region is conformed by 23 Municipalities . GEOGRAPHY The region of Eastern Antioquia limits to the north with the Metropolitan Area Of Medellín and with Northeastern Antioquia region. To the east the region borders with the Magdalena Medio Antioquia region, to the south with Caldas Department and to the west with a section of the Southwestern Antioquia region, covering a total area of 8,094 Km&2, approximately 13% of the total area of Antioquia Department. MUNICIPALITIES See Also: Municipalities of Colombia The region is covered by 23 municipalities being Guarne the closest to the city of Medellín located some 24 km away. The largest municipality of this region is Sonsón with a total area of 1,323 Km&2 and the smallest one being the municipality of Argelia .
DEMOGRAPHICS The population in this region is distributed evenly between the urban and rural area with 43% of the people living in the urban centers and 57% living in the country side. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|