Retiro, Antioquia

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Municipality and town in Antioquia Department, Colombia

El Retiro

Municipality and town

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Location of the municipality and town of Retiro in the Antioquia Department of Colombia

El Retiro

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 6°05′N 75°30′W﻿ / ﻿6.083°N 75.500°W﻿ / 6.083; -75.500
Country|  Colombia
Department|  Antioquia Department
Subregion| Eastern
Area

• Total| 273 km2 (105 sq mi)
Population

(Census 2018[1])

• Total| 20,700
Time zone| UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

El Retiro is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia, its population was 20,700 at the 2018 census.

The Lycée Français de Medellin, a French international school, has its campus in El Retiro.[2][3]

## History

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Retiro holds a unique place in world history because of Don Ignacio Castañeda and his wife, Doña Javiera Londoño who settled here in 1734. Using slaves, they exploited mines around the area. On October 11, 1766, Doña Javiera signed a will she had agreed with her husband that manumitted 140 slaves upon her death and gave them the most productive of the El Guarzo mines.

## Natural Attractions

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San Sebastián La Castellana Ecological Reserve is located between El Retiro and Envigado. It preserves 200 hectares of tropical rainforest.

## References

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1. ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
2. ^ "Le Lycée français de Medellin a fait sa rentrée" (Archive). Embassy of France in Colombia. Retrieved on October 24, 2015. "Lycée Français de Medellin Loma del Escobero, Km 10, Vereda Carrizales, Municipio de El Retiro, Antioquia, Colombie "
3. ^ "Inauguration du Lycée français de Medellin par la secrétaire d’État au Développement et à la Francophonie" (Archive). AEFE. Updated 19 October 2015. Retrieved on 24 October 2015. "Dans la commune d’El Retiro, à quelques pas de la deuxième ville de Colombie, [...]"

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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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International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Israel

6°03′26″N 75°30′9″W﻿ / ﻿6.05722°N 75.50250°W﻿ / 6.05722; -75.50250

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