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Andes, Antioquia

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Country
  
Colombia

Subregion
  
Southwestern

Elevation
  
1,360 m (4,460 ft)

Population
  
45,814 (2015)

Department
  
Antioquia Department

Foundation
  
March 13th, 1852

Area
  
444 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 1:45 AM

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Time zone
  
Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Weather
  
14°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 97% Humidity

Andes is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. It is located on the western Colombian Andes mountain range. Andes was founded on 13 March 1852 by Pedro Antonio Restrepo Escobar. Its elevation is 1.360 masl with an average temperature of 22 °C. The distance reference from Medellín city, the capital of Antioquia Department, is 117 km and it has a total area of 403.42 km². This town is well known for being the place where Gonzalo Arango a writer, philosopher and Antioquian journalist was born. The more significantly source of its economy is agriculture, mainly coffee cultivation.

Map of Andes, Antioquia, Colombia

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Andes, Antioquia Wikipedia