Rio negro
Sign in to saveRionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city received its name after a river that looks black because of the shadows cast by trees. The river traverses the city and it is the most prominent geographical feature of the municipality. Rionegro is also sometimes called the Cuna de la democracia (Cradle of democracy) as it was one of the most important cities during the era of the Colombia's struggle f
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- Rionegro
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- Santiago de Arma de Rionegro
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- Municipality and city
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- Cuna de la democracia (Cradle of Democracy)
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- Rionegro-Iglesia.jpg
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- 300px
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- Catedral de San Nicolás el Magno
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- Flag of Rionegro (Antioquia).svg
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- Escudo de Santiago de Arma de Rionegro.svg
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- Colombia - Antioquia - Rionegro.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the city (Marked in red) in the Antioquia region of Colombia
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- Colombia
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- 300
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
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- Departamento
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- Antioquia Department
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Rionegro () is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. The official name of the city is Ciudad Santiago de Arma de Rionegro. Rio Negro means "Black River" in Spanish, as the city received its name after a river that looks black because of the shadows cast by trees. The river traverses the city and it is the most prominent geographical feature of the municipality. Rionegro is also sometimes called the Cuna de la democracia (Cradle of democracy) as it was one of the most important cities during the era of the Colombia's struggle for independence and the 1863 constitution was written in the city.
== History == The territory was first mentioned in 1541 by the Spanish Lieutenant Álvaro de Mendoza. When the Field Marshal Jorge Robledo took possession of the Valley of Aburrá, he was commissioned by Álvaro de Mendoza. According to Fray Pedro Simón, Robledo was the first Iberian man who discovered the Valley of San Nicolás on 2 September 1541.