Tarazá
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Taraza is a town and municipality in the Bajo Cauca subregion of Antioquia Department, Colombia. It lies from the city of Medellín, the departmental capital, and has a land area of . The municipality was separated from the municipality of Cáceres in 1979.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tarazá
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
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- Tarazá-Antioquia.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tarazá.svg
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- Colombia - Antioquia - Tarazá.svg
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- 250px
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- Location of the municipality of Taraza in Antioquia Department.
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- Colombia
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- 250
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- Location in Colombia
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
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- Antioquia Department
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- Subregion
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- Bajo Cauca
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- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1953
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- Split from Cáceres
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Official name
- Tarazá
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Antioquia
- Population
- 39257
- Area
- 1569
- Elevation
- 125
- Official website
- www.taraza-antioquia.gov.co
- Image
- Tarazá casco urbano.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tarazá
- native label
- Tarazá
- inception
- 1953-00-00
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Taraza is a town and municipality in the Bajo Cauca subregion of Antioquia Department, Colombia. It lies from the city of Medellín, the departmental capital, and has a land area of . The municipality was separated from the municipality of Cáceres in 1979.
In April 2008, 24 people were arrested, 40 were injured and at least one was killed in farmers' protests here, instigated by FARC, against the eradication of the coca crop in the area. In the aftermath of this, the municipality declared a humanitarian crisis.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarazá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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