Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Envigado was founded in 1775 and was declared a municipality in 1814. The founders were José Antonio Isaza y Atuesta, Lucas de Ochoa y Tirado, and Vicente Restrepo. Some researchers suggest that its name comes from the large trees that were once found there and which were used for the rafters (vigas) in constructing houses.
Map of Colombia Bogotá, Capital of Colombia Medellín Cali Barranquilla Cartagena Cúcuta Santa Marta. This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census. A city is displayed in bold if it is a capital city of a department.
This article lists cities in Colombia by population, according to National Administrative Department of Statistics (commonly referred to as DANE in Spanish). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] All cities listed must have a population of at least 100,000 residents, because this is a list of cities not towns.
Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,104 municipalities . Each one of them is led by a mayor ( alcalde ) elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in ...
Antioquia (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ) is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range. Antioquia has been part of many territorial ...
When it was first established in 1819, The Republic of Gran Colombia had three departments. Venezuela, Cundinamarca (now Colombia) and Quito (now Ecuador). [5] In 1824, the Distrito del Centro (which became Colombia) was divided into five departments and further divided into seventeen provinces.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Envigado is the 18th station on line A of the Medellín Metro going south. [1] It is named after the city where it is located, Envigado . The station was opened on 30 September 1996 as part of the extension of the line from Poblado to Itagüí .