MEDELLIN

Is a city and municipality in Colombia, capital of Antioquia department. Located in the northwest of the country in the center of the Aburrá Valley, located in the Cordillera Central, which is crossed by the Medellin River. Account, according to estimates by the DANE, with a population of 2,636,101 inhabitants by the year 2010, making it the second largest city in Colombia. For its part, the metropolitan area, also made ​​of Medellin for another 9 municipalities, has an estimated population for 2010 of 3,740,000 people, making it the second largest city in the country.