Angelópolis
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Angelópolis () is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It borders the municipalities of Armenia, Heliconia, and Medellín to the north; La Estrella and Caldas to the east; Amagá to the south; and Titiribí and Armenia to the west. Its municipal seat is 48 kilometers from the city of Medellín, the capital of the department of Antioquia. The municipality has an area of 86 square kilometers.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Angelópolis
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Flag of Angelópolis (Antioquia).svg
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- Colombia - Antioquia - Angelópolis.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality and town of Angelópolis in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Antioquia Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Southwestern
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 86
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 8946
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 86
- Elevation
- 1950
- Official website
- angelopolis-antioquia.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Iglesia de los Santos Ángeles, Angelópolis - fachada 02.jpg
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Angelópolis () is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It borders the municipalities of Armenia, Heliconia, and Medellín to the north; La Estrella and Caldas to the east; Amagá to the south; and Titiribí and Armenia to the west. Its municipal seat is 48 kilometers from the city of Medellín, the capital of the department of Antioquia. The municipality has an area of 86 square kilometers.
== History == The priest Joaquín María Giraldo is considered the first pioneer of the region and the original founder of the town. After the first settlements were established, something very similar to what happened in the rest of southwestern Antioquia happened with this community: the search for gold.
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