Eastern Antioquia

Location of the Eastern Antioquia region within the Department of Antioquia

Eastern Antioquia (Spanish: Oriente Antioqueño) is subregion of the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region consists of 23 municipalities.

## Geography

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The region of Eastern Antioquia limits to the north west with the Metropolitan Area of Medellín and with Northeastern Antioquia region. To the east the region borders with the Magdalena Medio Antioquia region, to the south with Caldas Department and to the west with a section of the Southwestern Antioquia region, covering a total area of 8,094 km2, approximately 13% of the total area of Antioquia Department.

## Municipalities

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See also: Municipalities of Colombia

The region is covered by 23 municipalities being Guarne the closest to the city of Medellín located some 24 km away. The largest municipality of this region is Sonsón with a total area of 1,323 km2 and the smallest is Argelia.

* Abejorral
* Alejandría
* Argelia
* Carmen de Viboral
* Cocorná
* Concepción
* El Peñol
* Granada
* Guarne
* Guatape
* La Ceja
* La Unión
* Marinilla
* Nariño
* Retiro
* Rionegro
* San Carlos
* San Francisco
* San Luis
* San Rafael
* San Vicente
* Santuario
* Sonsón

## Demographics

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The population in this region is distributed evenly between the urban and rural areas with 43% of the people living in the urban centers and 57% living in the countryside.

## References

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* (in Spanish) Government of Colombia: Se Educa; Regions of Antioquia, Eastern Antioquia

## External links

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* Oriente Virtual: Comunidad del Oriente Antioqueño (in Spanish)
* Corporación Empresarial del Oriente Antioqueño (in Spanish)
* Incubadora de Empresas del Oriente Antioqueño (in Spanish)
* Agencia para el Desarrollo Económico del Oriente Antioqueño (in Spanish)
* Bilingual Tourism guide of Eastern Antioquia (in Spanish)

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Antioquia Department

Capital: Medellín

Regions
and
municipalities|

| Southwestern|

* Amagá
* Andes
* Angelópolis
* Betania
* Betulia
* Caicedo
* Caramanta
* Ciudad Bolívar
* Concordia
* Fredonia
* Hispania
* Jardín
* Jericó
* La Pintada
* Montebello
* Pueblorrico
* Salgar
* Santa Bárbara
* Támesis
* Tarso
* Titiribí
* Urrao
* Valparaíso
* Venecia

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Eastern|

* Abejorral
* Alejandría
* Argelia
* El Carmen de Viboral
* Cocorná
* Concepción
* El Peñol
* El Santuario
* Granada
* Guarne
* Guatapé
* La Ceja
* La Unión
* Marinilla
* Nariño
* Retiro
* Rionegro
* San Carlos
* San Francisco
* San Luis
* San Rafael
* San Vicente
* Sonsón

Northeastern|

* Amalfi
* Anorí
* Cisneros
* Remedios
* San Roque
* Santo Domingo
* Segovia
* Vegachí
* Yalí
* Yolombó

Northern|

* Angostura
* Belmira
* Briceño
* Campamento
* Carolina del Príncipe
* Don Matías
* Entrerríos
* Gómez Plata
* Guadalupe
* Ituango
* San Andrés
* San José de la Montaña
* San Pedro
* Santa Rosa de Osos
* Toledo
* Valdivia
* Yarumal

Western|

* Abriaquí
* Antioquia
* Anza
* Armenia
* Buriticá
* Cañasgordas
* Dabeiba
* Ebéjico
* Frontino
* Giraldo
* Heliconia
* Liborina
* Olaya
* Peque
* Sabanalarga
* San Jerónimo
* Sopetrán
* Uramita

Bajo Cauca|

* Caucasia
* El Bagre
* Nechí
* Tarazá
* Cáceres
* Zaragoza

Magdalena Medio|

* Yondó
* Puerto Berrío
* Maceo
* Caracolí
* Puerto Nare
* Puerto Triunfo

Urabá|

* Apartadó
* Arboletes
* Carepa
* Chigorodó
* Murindó
* Mutatá
* Necoclí
* San Juan de Urabá
* San Pedro de Urabá
* Turbo
* Vigía del Fuerte

Metropolitan Area
of the Aburrá Valley|

* Barbosa
* Bello
* Caldas
* Copacabana
* Envigado
* Girardota
* Itagüí
* La Estrella
* Medellín
* Sabaneta

Related topics|

* Antioquia State
* Departments of Colombia
* History

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