The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá) is the second most important and populated metropolitan area in Colombia. The region is made up of ten municipalities, Medellín being the most important, largest and the capital city of the Antioquia Department.
History
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley was the first metropolitan area created in Colombia, in 1980. The metropolitan area was created in order to produce economic integration, projection, and planning for urban development in the cities over the Aburra Valley.
The total population of the ten cities and municipalities part of this metropolitan area is close to four million inhabitants. The development of the Aburra Valley occurred in the 1930s after a rapid population growth that produced a conurbation of Medellín, Itagüí, Envigado, and Bello.
Geography
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley borders with the municipalities of
Most of the Metropolitan Area is located within the Aburrá Valley.
Municipalities
Municipalities | Extension [[km2]] |
Population (hab) |
Density (inhabitants/km2) |
Altitude m |
Distance Medellín Downtown ( km )
|
Map |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medellín
|
380,64 | 2 368 282* | 6 221,8 | 1538 | 0 | |
Bello
|
142,36 | 421 522* | 2 960,9 | 1450 | 10 | |
Envigado | 78,80 | 202 310* | 3504 | 1575 | 10 | |
Itagüí | 17,00 | 255 369* | 15 021,7 | 1550 | 11 | |
Sabaneta | 15,00 | 48 997* | 3 266,4 | 1550 | 14 | |
Barbosa | 206,00 | 46 951* | 227,9 | 1300 | 42 | |
Caldas
|
133,40 | 74 072* | 555,2 | 1750 | 22 | |
La Estrella
|
35,00 | 58 414* | 1 668,9 | 1775 | 16 | |
Girardota | 78,00 | 49 381* | 663,0 | 1425 | 26 | |
Copacabana
|
70,00 | 66 665* | 952,3 | 1454 | 18 | |
Total | 1 157,39 | 3 591 963* | 3 104 | — | — | |
*DANE[1] |
See also
- Metropolitan Areas of Colombia