Alejandría

Alejandría
Municipality

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Location of the municipality of Alejandría in the Antioquia Department
Alejandría

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 6°22′37″N 75°08′28″W / 6.37694°N 75.14111°W / 6.37694; -75.14111Coordinates: 6°22′37″N 75°08′28″W / 6.37694°N 75.14111°W / 6.37694; -75.14111
Country  Colombia
Region Andean Region
Department Antioquia Department
Subregion Eastern

Alejandría (Spanish for the name Alexandria) is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. Bordered to the north with the municipalities of Concepción, Santo Domingo and San Roque, on the east by the municipality of San Rafael, on the south by the municipalities of San Rafael and Guatapé, and on the west by the municipalities of El Penol and Concepción. Its capital is 90 kilometers from the city of Medellin, the capital of Antioquia department. The municipality has an area of 149 km ².

History

As is the case with much of eastern Antioquia, what is today Alejandria was originally inhabited by the Tahamí people.

Alejandria was founded by Don Alejandro Osorio, Mrs. Procesa Delgado, Don Salvador Cordoba and Mr. Climaco Jaramillo in 1886. By 1889 were erected the village to the township of the municipality category of Guatapé by agreement of February 20 that year.

Unlike what happened with almost all the municipalities of Antioquia, which were created by orders from departmental entities, the creation of Alejandria as a municipality was inititate by presidential decree from Bogota. President Reyes agreed to the requests, and by decree 304 of March 1907, created the town of Alejandria.

Generalities

Sidewalks, Veredas(Spanish)

Alejandria is divided into 15 sidewalks:

Neighborhood of Alejandría (Urban Zone)

Demographics

Population Total: 4.688 inhabitants. (2009)[1]

Literacy: 99.4% (2005)[2]

Ethnography

According to figures submitted by the DANE of the census 2005, composition ethnographic[2] the municipality is:

Roads

It has multiple access roads from Medellin city to the municipality of Alejandria:

Economy

Events

Sites of interest

Natural heritage

Historical and artistic heritage

References

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  1. ↑ Proyecciones de Población Municipales por área
  2. 1 2 Censo oficial DANE 2005, Perfiles Departamentos y Municipios
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