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327 relations: Aburrá Valley, ACES Colombia, Addiction, Aerolínea de Antioquia, Aeroméxico, Afro-Colombians, Agustín Goovaerts, Air Europa, Air pollution, Alcoholism, Amagá, AméricaEconomía, American Airlines, Andes, Andrés Escobar, Anthropology, Antioquia Department, Arriero, Arví Park, Asunción, Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, Atlético Nacional, Avianca, Ayacucho Tram, Azure (heraldry), Álvaro Uribe, Badajoz, Bancolombia, Bandeja paisa, Barbosa, Antioquia, Barcelona, Barefoot Park, Barrio, Bartholomew the Apostle, Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria, Bello, Antioquia, Berrío Park, Bethlehem Library, Biblioteca de España (Medellín), Bicycle-sharing system, Bilbao, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Black Eagles, BMX, Bogotazo, Bogotá, Bolívar Park (Medellín, Colombia), Bolsa Família, Botanical garden, Botanical Garden of Medellín, ... Expand index (277 more) »
- 1616 establishments in South America
- 1616 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- Capitals of Colombian departments
- Populated places established in 1616
- The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley
Aburrá Valley
Aburrá Valley (in Spanish Valle de Aburrá), is the natural river basin of the Medellín River and one of the most populous valleys of Colombia in its Andean Region with near 4 million inhabitants in its biggest urban agglomeration: The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. Medellín and Aburrá Valley are the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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ACES Colombia
ACES (Spanish acronym: Aerolíneas Centrales de Colombia) was an airline with its headquarters in the Torre del Café in Medellín, Colombia and founded on August 30, 1971, by a group of 13 Colombian entrepreneurs, amongst them, most notably Orlando Botero Escobar and German Peñaloza Arias from Manizales and Luis H.
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Addiction
Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behavior that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.
Aerolínea de Antioquia
ADA S.A., operating as Aerolínea de Antioquia (ADA), was a regional airline headquartered at the Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia.
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Aeroméxico
Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. operating as Aeroméxico (styled as AM), is the flag carrier of Mexico, based in Mexico City.
Afro-Colombians
Afro-Colombians or African-Colombians (afrocolombianos) are Colombians of full or partial sub-Saharan African descent (mulattoes, pardos and zambos).
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Agustín Goovaerts
Augustin Goovaerts (1885 – August 15, 1939) was a Belgian architect and engineer, born in Schaerbeek, Belgium, in 1885.
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Air Europa
Air Europa Líneas Aéreas, S.A.U., branded as Air Europa, is the third-largest Spanish airline after Iberia and Vueling.
Air pollution
Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.
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Alcoholism
Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems.
Amagá
Amagá is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Amagá are Municipalities of Antioquia Department.
AméricaEconomía
AméricaEconomía is a Latin American magazine founded in 1986 by Chilean Elías Selman and Swede Nils Strandberg.
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American Airlines
American Airlines is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
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Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
Andrés Escobar
Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga (13 March 1967 – 2 July 1994) was a Colombian professional footballer who played as a center-back.
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Anthropology
Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans.
Antioquia Department
Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea.
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Arriero
An arriero, muleteer, or more informally a muleskinner (arriero; tropeiro) is a person who transports goods using pack animals, especially mules.
Arví Park
Arví Park (in Spanish known as "Ecotourism Park Arví") is both an ecological nature preserve and Pre-Hispanic archeological site on the eastern slopes of Aburrá Valley, in the northeast area of Medellín, Colombia.
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex
Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex (officially Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot) is a sports complex located in Medellín, Colombia.
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Atlético Nacional
Atlético Nacional S. A., best known as Atlético Nacional, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín.
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Avianca
Avianca S.A. (acronym in Spanish for Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A., "Airways of the American Continent", and stylized as avianca since October 2023), is the largest airline in Colombia.
Ayacucho Tram
The Ayacucho Tram (or Medellín Tram) is a Translohr tram system that serves the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
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Azure (heraldry)
In heraldry, azure is the tincture with the colour blue, and belongs to the class of tinctures called "colours".
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Álvaro Uribe
Álvaro Uribe Vélez (born 4 July 1952) is a Colombian politician who served as the 31st President of Colombia from 7 August 2002 to 7 August 2010.
Badajoz
Badajoz (formerly written Badajos in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain.
Bancolombia
Bancolombia S.A. (also known as Grupo Bancolombia; formerly: Banco de Colombia) is a full-service financial institution that provides financial products and services in Colombia, Panama, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, the Cayman Islands, Peru and Guatemala.
Bandeja paisa
Bandeja paisa (Paisa refers to a person from the Paisa Region and bandeja is Spanish for platter), with variations known as bandeja de arriero, bandeja montañera, or bandeja antioqueña, is one of the most representative meals in Colombian cuisine, especially of the Antioquia department and the Paisa Region, as well as with the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis (the departments of Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda), and part of Valle del Cauca and the northwest of Tolima.
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Barbosa, Antioquia
Barbosa is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Barbosa, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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Barcelona
Barcelona is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain.
Barefoot Park
Barefoot Park (Parque de los Pies Descalzos) is a zen-inspired public park in Medellín, Colombia.
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Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word that means "quarter" or "neighborhood".
Bartholomew the Apostle
Bartholomew was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Most scholars today identify Bartholomew as Nathanael, who appears in the Gospel of John (1:45–51; cf.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria
The Basilica of Our Lady of Candelaria or simply La Candelaria Church, as it is more popularly known, is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of Virgin of Candelaria.
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Bello, Antioquia
Bello is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia and a suburb of Medellín, the department capital. Medellín and Bello, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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Berrío Park
Berrío Park is an urban plaza located in the geographical heart of Medellín, Colombia.
Bethlehem Library
Bethlehem Library (Spanish: Parque Biblioteca Belén) is one of ten library parks in Medellín, Colombia, located in Comuna 16.
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Biblioteca de España (Medellín)
Spain Library Park (Parque Biblioteca España) is a library park located in the Santo Domingo Savio neighborhood of Medellín, Colombia.
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Bicycle-sharing system
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
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Bilbao
Bilbao is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole.
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates.
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Black Eagles
Black Eagles (Águilas Negras) was a term describing a series of Colombian drug trafficking, right-wing, counter-revolutionary, paramilitary organizations made up of new and preexisting paramilitary forces, that emerged from the failures of the demobilization process between 2004 and 2006, which aimed to disarm the United Self-Defense Units of Colombia (AUC).
BMX
BMX, an abbreviation for bicycle motocross or bike motocross, is a cycle sport performed on BMX bikes, either in competitive BMX racing or freestyle BMX, or else in general street or off-road recreation.
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Bogotazo
El Bogotazo (from "Bogotá" and the ''-azo'' suffix of violent augmentation) was a massive outbreak of rioting after the assassination in Bogotá, Colombia of Liberal leader and presidential candidate Jorge Eliécer Gaitán on 9 April 1948 during the government of President Mariano Ospina Pérez.
Bogotá
Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world. Medellín and Bogotá are capitals of Colombian departments.
Bolívar Park (Medellín, Colombia)
The Park of Bolívar (Parque de Bolívar) or Bolívar Park (Parque Bolívar), as it is popularly known, is an urban park in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia.
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Bolsa Família
Bolsa Família (Family Allowance) is the current social welfare program of the Government of Brazil, part of the Fome Zero network of federal assistance programs.
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Botanical garden
A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.
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Botanical Garden of Medellín
The Joaquin Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden of Medellín (Joaquin Antonio Uribe Jardín Botánico de Medellín), more simply known as the Botanical Garden of Medellín, is a 14-hectare botanical garden in Medellín, Colombia.
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Botero Plaza
Botero Plaza, surrounded by the Museum of Antioquia and the Rafael Uribe Uribe Palace of Culture, is a 7,000 m2 outside park that displays 23 sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero, who donated these and several other artworks for the museum's renovation in 2004.
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America.
Buñuelo
A buñuelo (alternatively called boñuelo, bimuelo, birmuelo, bermuelo, bumuelo, burmuelo, or bonuelo, is a fried dough fritter found in Spain, Latin America, and other regions with a historical connection to Spaniards, including Southwest Europe, the Balkans, Anatolia, and other parts of Asia and North Africa.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit (BRT), also referred to as a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability, and other quality features than a conventional bus system.
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Business cluster
A business cluster is a geographic concentration of interconnected businesses, suppliers, and associated institutions in a particular field.
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Cabildo (council)
A cabildo or ayuntamiento was a Spanish colonial and early postcolonial administrative council that governed a municipality.
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Caldas Department
Caldas is a department of Colombia named after Colombian patriotic figure Francisco José de Caldas.
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Caldas, Antioquia
Caldas is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Caldas, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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Cali
Santiago de Cali, or Cali, is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with 2,280,522 residents estimate by DANE in 2023. Medellín and Cali are capitals of Colombian departments.
Camilo Villegas
Camilo Villegas Restrepo (born 7 January 1982) is a Colombian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.
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Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango.
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Carlos Vieco Ortiz
Carlos Vieco Ortiz (March 4, 1904 - September 13, 1979) was a musician and composer from Medellín, Colombia.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cavalcade
A cavalcade is a procession or parade on horseback, or a mass distance ride by a company of riders.
Chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network.
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Champ Car World Series
Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 2004 to 2008.
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Chapecó
Chapecó is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the Southern Region of Brazil.
Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), also known as the Bewitched (El Hechizado), was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
Chocó Department
Chocó Department is a department of the Pacific region of Colombia known for hosting the largest Afro-Colombian population in the nation, and a large population of Amerindian and mixed African-Amerindian Colombians.
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Chorizo
Chorizo (from Spanish; Portuguese chouriço) is a type of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
Christmas lights in Medellín
Christmas lights in Medellín, known in Spanish simply as the "Lighting" (El Alumbrado) or more officially the EPM Lights (Alumbrados EPM), is a traditional seasonal event in Medellín, Colombia, where the city hangs millions of Christmas lights and holds light shows and other cultural events.
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Coat of arms of Medellín (Colombia)
The coat of arms of Medellín is the heraldic emblem that represents the Colombian city of Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia.
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Coffee production in Colombia
Coffee production in Colombia has a reputation for producing mild, well-balanced coffee beans.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.
Colombian Constitution of 1886
The Colombian Constitution of 1886 was the constitution that remade the United States of Colombia into the Republic of Colombia, and replaced the federal republic with a unitary state.
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Colombian Constitution of 1991
The Political Constitution of Colombia of 1991 (Constitución Política de Colombia de 1991), is the Constitution of the Republic of Colombia.
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Coltejer Building
The Coltejer Building is the tallest building in Medellín, Colombia and the tenth-tallest in Colombia as of 2016.
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Communes of Medellín
The urban area of Medellín, Colombia is divided into six zones, which in turn are divided into 16 communes.
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Comuna 13, Medellín
Comuna 13 (n.º 13) or San Javier is one of the 16 communes of the city of Medellín, Colombia, with a population of around 160,000.
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Confectionery
Confectionery is the art of making confections, or sweet foods.
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Conquistador
Conquistadors or conquistadores (lit 'conquerors') was a term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese colonialists of the early modern period.
Copacabana (Antioquia)
Copacabana is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Medellín and Copacabana (Antioquia) are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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Corregimiento
Corregimiento (Corregiment) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites.
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Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible heritage assets of a group or society that is inherited from past generations.
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Cycle sport
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles.
Daniel Bluman
Daniel Bluman (דניאל בלומן; born 15 March 1990) is an Olympic show jumping rider.
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Débora Arango
Débora Arango Pérez (November 11, 1907 – December 4, 2005) was a Colombian artist, born in Medellín, Colombia as the daughter of Castor María Arango Díaz and Elvira Pérez.
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Departments of Colombia
Departments of Colombia refer to the administrative divisions of Colombia.
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Diego Murillo Bejarano
Diego Fernando Murillo Bejarano (born 23 February 1961), also known as Don Berna or Adolfo Paz, is a former leader of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia paramilitary group, as well as the leader of The Office of Envigado cartel.
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Districts of Colombia
The districts (Distrito) of Colombia are cities that have a feature that highlights them, such as its location and trade, history or tourism.
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Dubai
Dubai (translit) is the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the country's seven emirates.
EAFIT University
EAFIT University (originally the acronym in Spanish: Escuela de Administración, Finanzas e Instituto Tecnológico, «School of Administration, Finance and Technological Institute») is a private Colombian university located in Medellín offering 23 undergraduate programs, 70 specializations, 34 masters, and six doctoral programs.
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Economy of Colombia
The economy of Colombia is the fourth largest in Latin America as measured by gross domestic product and the third-largest economic power in South America.
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Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.
Edificio Gonzalo Mejía
The Edificio Gonzalo Mejía was an art nouveau hotel, theatre, and commercial building in Medellín, Colombia standing from 1924 to 1967.
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Efe Gómez
Efe Gómez, born Francisco Gómez Escobar, (1867 - 1938) was a prominent writer and intellectual from Medellín, Colombia.
El Castillo Museum
El Castillo Museum and Gardens is a Colombian museum in the El Poblado district of Medellín.
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El Poblado
El Poblado is the 14th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of Medellín, Colombia.
El Santuario
El Santuario is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and El Santuario are Municipalities of Antioquia Department.
Eladio Vélez
Eladio Vélez was a Colombian painter, was born in Itagüí, Antioquia in 1897 and died in Medellin, Antioquia in 1967.
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric power from sources of primary energy.
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Empresas Públicas de Medellín
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) was established on 18 November 1955 as a residential public utilities company which, initially, only served the inhabitants of Medellin, Colombia its hometown.
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EnCicla
EnCicla is a public bicycle renting service in Medellín, Colombia, which began in 2011.
Envigado
Envigado is a city and municipality due South of Medellín, Colombia in the department of Antioquia.
Epifanio Mejia
Epifanio Mejía Quijano (1838–1913) was a Colombian poet and politician who in his lifetime published over 134 poems.
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Equitation
Equitation is the art or practice of horse riding or horsemanship.
Estadio station
Estadio is the fourth station on line B of the Medellín Metro from the center going west.
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Ethnography
Ethnography is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures.
Extremadura
Extremadura (Estremaúra; Estremadura; Fala: Extremaúra) is a landlocked autonomous community of Spain.
Federico Gutiérrez
Federico Andrés Gutiérrez Zuluaga (born 28 November 1974) is a Colombian politician, civil engineer, who currently serves as the mayor of Medellín, having held this office previously from 2016 to 2019.
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FedEx Express
FedEx Express is a major American cargo airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo (19 April 1932 – 15 September 2023) was a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor.
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Fernando González (writer)
Fernando González Ochoa (April 24, 1895 – February 16, 1964), was a Colombian writer and existentialist philosopher known as "el filósofo de Otraparte" (The Philosopher from Elsewhere).
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Festival of the Flowers
The Flowers Festival (Feria de las Flores) is a festival that takes place in Medellín, Colombia.
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Flag of Antioquia Department
The Flag of the Department of Antioquia is the flag symbol of the Colombian Department of Antioquia.
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Flight International
Flight International is a monthly magazine focused on aerospace.
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Formula One
Formula One, commonly known as Formula 1 or F1, is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean.
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Gaspar de Rodas
Gaspar de Rodas (1518–1607) was a Spanish administrator in the area that now comprises the present-day departments of Antioquia, Caldas, Quindío and Risaralda, in what is now Colombia.
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Giancarlo Mazzanti
Giancarlo Mazzanti (born 1963) is a Colombian architect based in Bogota.
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Girardota
Girardota is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Girardota are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
Global city
A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide.
Globalization
Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide.
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Globalization and World Cities Research Network
The Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) is a think tank that studies the relationships between world cities in the context of globalization.
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Gold Coast, Queensland
The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane.
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Grace period
A grace period is a period immediately after the deadline for an obligation during which a late fee, or other action that would have been taken as a result of failing to meet the deadline, is waived provided that the obligation is satisfied during the grace period.
Gran Colombia
Gran Colombia ("Great Colombia"), or Greater Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia (Spanish: República de Colombia), was a state that encompassed much of northern South America and part of southern Central America from 1819 to 1831.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Grupo Argos
Grupo Argos S.A is a Colombian conglomerate with large investments in the cement and energy industries.
Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño
The Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño (GEA, Business Group of Antioquia) also known as Sindicato Antioqueño, is a Colombian conglomerate composed by around 125 companies, most of them based in Antioquia Department.
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Grupo Nutresa
Grupo Nutresa (in English: Nutresa Group), formerly Grupo Nacional de Chocolates S.A.(in English: Chocolate National Group S.A.) Retrieved 2011.
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Guayabal (Medellin)
Guayabal is the 15th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of Medellin, Colombia.
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Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Height above mean sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of a location's vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) in reference to a vertical datum based on a historic mean sea level.
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Heliconia, Antioquia
Heliconia is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Heliconia, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department.
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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro Altamirano, 1st Marquess of the Valley of Oaxaca (December 1485 – December 2, 1547) was a Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of what is now mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.
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Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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Hiroshi Naito
is an architect from Japan, known for his modern-style buildings.
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Hot chocolate
Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a heated drink consisting of shaved or melted chocolate or cocoa powder, heated milk or water, and usually a sweetener.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
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Iberia (airline)
Iberia, legally incorporated as Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, is the flag carrier of Spain.
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Independiente Medellín
Deportivo Independiente Medellín, also known as Independiente Medellín or DIM, is a Colombian professional football club based in Medellín that currently plays in the Categoría Primera A. They play their home games at Estadio Atanasio Girardot, which seats 40,943 people, and is also shared with city rivals Atlético Nacional.
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IndyCar
IndyCar, LLC (stylized as INDYCAR), is an auto racing sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Colombia)
The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales), also known by its acronym in Spanish, IDEAM, is a government agency of the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia.
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Interactive Museum EPM
The Interactive Museum EPM is in Medellín, Colombia.
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International airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world.
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International Poetry Festival of Medellín
The International Poetry Festival of Medellín (Spanish:Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín) is an annual festival held in Medellín, the second-largest city of Colombia.
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Itagüí
Itagüí is a city and municipality of Colombia, located in the south of the Aburrá Valley in the Antioquia Department. Medellín and Itagüí are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
Iván Córdoba
Iván Ramiro Córdoba Sepúlveda (born 11 August 1976) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Jackson Martínez
Jackson Arley Martínez Valencia (born 3 October 1986) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
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JetBlue
JetBlue Airways Corporation (stylized as jetBlue) is a major airline in the United States.
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Jorge Eliécer Gaitán Ayala (23 January 1903 – 9 April 1948) was a liberal with nationalist ideals in Colombia and also a politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
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Jorge Robledo (conquistador)
Jorge Robledo (1500 – 5 October 1546) was a Spanish conquistador.
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José María Córdova International Airport
José María Córdova International Airport is an international airport located in the city of Rionegro, south-east of Medellín, and is the second largest airport in Colombia after El Dorado International Airport of Bogotá in terms of infrastructure and passenger service.
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Josep Lluís Sert
Josep Lluís Sert i López (1 July 190215 March 1983) was a Catalan architect and city planner established in the USA after 1939.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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La Alpujarra Administrative Center
La Alpujarra Administrative Center, officially known as the José María Córdova Administrative Center, is an urban complex of government buildings built in the 1980s for the administration of the Antioquia department and Medellín municipality.
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La Estrella station
La Estrella (English: "The Star"), also known as Ancón, is a station on line A of the Medellín Metro going south.
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La Estrella, Antioquia
La Estrella is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and La Estrella, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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LATAM Airlines
LATAM Airlines Chile, formerly known as LAN Chile and LAN Airlines, is a Chilean multinational airline based in Santiago and one of the founding companies of the LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline holding company in Latin America.
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Laura Montoya
Laura Montoya, in full María Laura de Jesús Montoya Upegui (26 May 1874 – 21 October 1949), religious name Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, was a Colombian Roman Catholic religious sister and the founder of the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and Saint Catherine of Siena (1914).
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León de Greiff
Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler (July 22, 1895 – July 11, 1976), was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon.
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León de Greiff Library
León de Greiff Library, also known as La Ladera Parque Biblioteca (English: Hillside Library Park), is an architecturally renowned library park in Medellín, Colombia.
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LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building certification program used worldwide.
Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
List of cities and towns in Colombia
This article lists cities and towns in Colombia by population, according to the 2005 census.
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List of cities by homicide rate
The following article is a list of cities sorted by homicide rates in the world, excluding active war zones.
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Magdalena River
The Magdalena River (Río Magdalena,; less commonly Rio Grande de la Magdalena) is the main river of Colombia, flowing northward about through the western half of the country.
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Manaus
Manaus is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.
Manguinhos Library Park
Manguinhos Library Park (Biblioteca-Parque de Manguinhos) is a library and park complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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María Teresa Cano
María Teresa Cano (born 1960) is a Colombian conceptual artist.
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Mariana of Austria
Mariana or Maria Anna of Austria, (24 December 1634 – 16 May 1696), was Queen of Spain from 1649, when she married her uncle Philip IV of Spain, until his death in 1665.
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Mariana Pajón
Mariana Pajón Londoño ODB OLY (born 10 October 1991) is a Colombian cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist and BMX World Champion.
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Martín Emilio Rodríguez
Martín Emilio Rodríguez Gutiérrez (born 14 April 1942), known by the nickname Cochise, is a retired Colombian road and track cyclist.
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Mayor of Medellín
This is a list of mayors of Medellín, Colombia.
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Mayor–council government
A mayor–council government is a system of local government in which a mayor who is directly elected by the voters acts as chief executive, while a separately elected city council constitutes the legislative body.
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Medellín bid for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Medellín 2018 was a bid by the city of Medellín and the Comité Olímpico Colombiano to host the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
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Medellín Cartel
The Medellín Cartel (Cártel de Medellín) was a powerful and highly organized Colombian drug cartel and terrorist organization originating in the city of Medellín, Colombia, that was founded and led by Pablo Escobar.
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Medellín Metro
The Medellín Metro (Spanish: Metro de Medellín) is a rapid transit system that crosses the Metropolitan Area of Medellín from North to South and from Centre to West.
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Medellín Museum of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (MAMM, Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín) is a museum of modern art in the Colombian city of Medellín.
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Medellín River
The Medellín River (Río Medellín), called Porce River (Río Porce) during most of its course, is a river that flows through the Colombian city of Medellín and its metropolitan area.
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Medellín, Spain
Medellín is a village in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain, notable as both the birthplace of Hernán Cortés in 1485 and the site of the Battle of Medellín, during the Peninsular War.
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Mestizo
Mestizo (fem. mestiza, literally 'mixed person') is a person of mixed European and Indigenous non-European ancestry in the former Spanish Empire.
Metrocable (Medellín)
Metrocable is a gondola lift system implemented by the City Council of Medellín, Colombia, with the purpose of providing a transportation service that complements the Medellín Metro.
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Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín, officially the Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of the Immaculate Conception.
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.
Miami
Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.
Microcredit
Microcredit is the extension of very small loans (microloans) to impoverished borrowers who typically lack collateral, steady employment, and a verifiable credit history.
Milonga (dance)
Milonga dance is dancing to milonga music.
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MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Mollusc shell
The mollusc (or molluskOften spelled mollusk shell in the USA; the spelling "mollusc" are preferred by) shell is typically a calcareous exoskeleton which encloses, supports and protects the soft parts of an animal in the phylum Mollusca, which includes snails, clams, tusk shells, and several other classes.
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Monarchy
A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.
Mulatto
Mulatto is a racial classification that refers to people of mixed African and European ancestry.
Museum of Antioquia
The Museum of Antioquia (Museo de Antioquia) is an art museum in Medellín, Colombia.
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National Administrative Department of Statistics
The National Administrative Department of Statistics (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística), commonly referred to as DANE, is the Colombian Administrative Department responsible for the planning, compilation, analysis and dissemination of the official statistics of Colombia.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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National monument
A national monument is a monument constructed in order to commemorate something of importance to national heritage, such as a country's founding, independence, war, or the life and death of a historical figure.
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National monuments of Colombia
The National monuments of Colombia (Monumentos Nacionales de Colombia) are the set of properties, nature reserves, archaeological sites, historic districts, urban areas and property that, for values of authenticity, originality, aesthetics, and artistic techniques, are representative of Colombia and constitute core elements of its history and culture.
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National Training Service (Colombia)
The National Training Service (Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje, SENA) is a Colombian public institution aimed to develop vocational training programs for the Colombian labor force as a means to increase the competitiveness of Colombia's enterprises.
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National University of Colombia
The National University of Colombia is a national public research university in Colombia, with general campuses in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, and satellite campuses in Leticia, San Andrés, Arauca, Tumaco, and La Paz, Cesar.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Niquía station
Niquía is the first station on the Medellín Metro from north to south on line A. It is located in Bello, the second most populous city in the metropolitan area, after Medellín.
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Nutibara Hill
Nutibara Hill (Cerro Nutibara) is a rocky hill formation located in the Colombian city of Medellin, in the geographic center of the Aburrá Valley and on the west bank of the Medellín River.
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Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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ODI (think tank)
ODI is a global affairs think tank, founded in 1960.
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Olaya Herrera Airport
Olaya Herrera Airport (Aeropuerto Olaya Herrera) is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, that serves regional and domestic flights.
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Option for the poor
The option for the poor, or the preferential option for the poor, is a principle of Catholic social teaching, explicitly articulated in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Pablo Escobar
Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 19492 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord, narcoterrorist, and politician, who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel.
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Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital
Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital is a private, non-profit hospital located in the Cordoba neighborhood and Robledo municipality of Medellín, Colombia.
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Paisa (region)
A Paisa is someone from a region in the northwest of Colombia, including part of the West and Central cordilleras of the Andes in Colombia.
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Pan American Race Walking Cup
The Pan American Race Walking Cup (Spanish: Copa Panamericana de Marcha) is a biennial race walking competition for athletes representing countries from the Americas, organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA).
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Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
The Pan American U20 Athletics Championships are a biennial sports event for track and field organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) open for junior (U20) athletes from member and associate member associations.
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Pan de queso
Pan de queso (English: Cheese bread) is a traditional Colombian roll made with tapioca flour and grated cheese.
Panama City
Panama City, also known as Panama (or Panamá in Spanish), is the capital and largest city of Panama.
Pandebono
Pandebono or pan de bono is a type of Colombian bread made of cassava starch, cheese, eggs, and in some regions of the country, guava paste.
Parque Explora
Parque Explora is an interactive science museum in Medellín, Colombia, loosely modeled after San Francisco's Exploratorium.
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Parva (food)
In the Paisa region of Colombia, parva refers to a wide variety of small baked goods and sweets that are used as quick snacks or morning meals, and are either sweet or savory.
Pasto, Colombia
Pasto, officially San Juan de Pasto ("Saint John of Pasto"), is the capital of the department of Nariño, in southern Colombia. Medellín and Pasto, Colombia are capitals of Colombian departments.
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Paul Lester Wiener
Paul Lester Wiener (1895–1967) was an American architect and urban planner.
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Pedro Justo Berrío
Pedro Justo Berrío was a Colombian lawyer, soldier, and politician.
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Pedro Nel Gómez
Pedro Nel Gómez Agudelo (4 July 1899 — 6 June 1984) was a Colombian engineer, painter, and sculptor, best known for his work as a muralist, and for starting, along with Santiago Martinez Delgado, the Colombian Muralist Movement, inspired by the Mexican movement that drew on nationalistic, social, and political messages as subjects.
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Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.
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Planetarium of Medellín
The Jesús Emilio Ramírez González Planetarium of Medellín (Planetario Medellín de Jesús Emilio Ramírez González) is a planetarium located in Medellín, Colombia and established on October 10, 1984.
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Plaza Cisneros
Plaza Cisneros (Plaza de Cisneros), also known as Luces Park or Lights Park (Parque de las Luces), is a plaza in Medellín, Colombia.
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Plaza Mayor, Medellín
Plaza Mayor Medellín Conventions and Exhibitions is the international convention and exhibition center of Medellín and is one of the most modern in Colombia, opening in 2006.
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Pontifical Bolivarian University
The Pontifical Bolivarian University (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana), also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936.
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Popayán
Popayán is the capital of the Colombian department of Cauca. Medellín and Popayán are capitals of Colombian departments.
Porfirio Barba-Jacob
Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez (July 29, 1883 – January 14, 1942), better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer.
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Postobón
Postobón, S.A. is the largest Colombian beverage company, and also one of the largest in South America.
Pottery
Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.
Private sector
The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government.
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Province of Badajoz
The province of Badajoz (provincia de Badajoz; província de Badajoz) is a province of western Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura.
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Public service
A public service or service of general (economic) interest is any service intended to address specific needs pertaining to the aggregate members of a community.
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Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king, and usually shares her spouse's social rank and status.
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Quindío Department
Quindío is a department of Colombia.
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Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius (– 63 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic.
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Rafael Reyes
Rafael Reyes Prieto (December 5, 1849 – February 18, 1921) was a Colombian politician and soldier who was the Chief of Staff of the Colombian National Army and President of Colombia (1904–1909).
Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Recife
Recife is the state capital of Pernambuco, Brazil, on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America.
Regent
In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.
René Higuita
José René Higuita Zapata (born 27 August 1966) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Republicanism
Republicanism is a Western political ideology that encompasses a range of ideas from civic virtue, political participation, harms of corruption, positives of mixed constitution, rule of law, and others.
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Respiratory disease
Respiratory diseases, or lung diseases, are pathological conditions affecting the organs and tissues that make gas exchange difficult in air-breathing animals.
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Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People's Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de ColombiaEjército del Pueblo, FARC–EP or FARC) is a Marxist–Leninist guerrilla group involved in the continuing Colombian conflict starting in 1964.
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Ricardo La Rotta Caballero
Ricardo La Rotta Caballero is an architect in Bogotá, Colombia and the principal at the La Rotta Arquitectos firm.
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Right Livelihood Award
The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today." The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexküll, and is presented annually in early December.
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Rionegro
Rionegro is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia, located in the subregion of Eastern Antioquia. Medellín and Rionegro are Municipalities of Antioquia Department.
Risaralda Department
Risaralda is a department of Colombia.
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Road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads.
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Roberto Guerrero
Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958) is a Colombian-American former race driver.
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Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt
Rodrigo Arenas Betancourt (23 October 1919 – 14 May 1995) was a Colombian sculptor.
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Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.
Rosario
Rosario is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe.
Ruta N
Corporation Ruta N (better known as Ruta N) is a public joint venture between the mayor's office of Medellín, UNE and EPM.
Sabaneta, Antioquia
Sabaneta is a municipality of Colombia, located in the Aburrá Valley of the Antioquia department. Medellín and Sabaneta, Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department and the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley.
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Saint Lawrence
Saint Lawrence or Laurence (Laurentius, lit. "laurelled"; 31 December AD 225 – 10 August 258) was one of the seven deacons of the city of Rome under Pope Sixtus II who were martyred in the persecution of the Christians that the Roman Emperor Valerian ordered in 258.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas University
Saint Thomas University (Universidad Santo Tomás) is a Roman Catholic university located in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Salesians of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales, is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youngsters during the Industrial Revolution.
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San Antonio station (Medellín)
San Antonio station is a station on the Medellín Metro.
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San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.
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San Javier station
San Javier is the seventh and final station on line B of the Medellín Metro, and a transfer station to line J. It is the most western station and is the only station on line B that is not elevated.
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San José, Costa Rica
San José (meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name.
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San Pedro Cemetery Museum
The San Pedro Cemetery Museum is a cemetery and museum located in Medellín, Colombia.
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Santa Elena River
The Santa Elena River is a river of Bolivia in the Chuquisaca Department, Nor Cinti Province, partly on the border of Inka Wasi Municipality and San Lucas Municipality.
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Santa Fe de Antioquia
Santa Fe de Antioquia is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Medellín and Santa Fe de Antioquia are Municipalities of Antioquia Department.
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Santiago Botero
Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer.
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São Paulo
São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil and the capital of the state of São Paulo.
Semana
Semana (Spanish: Week) is a rightist weekly magazine in Colombia.
Show jumping
Show jumping is a part of a group of English riding equestrian events that also includes eventing, hunters, and equitation.
Sillero
The silleros, cargueros or silleteros (also called saddle-men) were the porters used to carry people and their belongings through routes impossible by horse carriage.
Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
SITVA
SITVA (Sistema Integrado de Transporte del Valle de Aburrá in Spanish or Aburrá Valley Integrated Transport System) is the public transportation system of Medellín and its metropolitan area.
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits.
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Society for the History of Technology
The Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) is the primary professional society for historians of technology.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines, Inc., stylized as spirit, is a major American ultra-low cost airline headquartered in Dania Beach, Florida, in the Miami metropolitan area.
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St. Ignatius Loyola College, Medellín
St.
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Stone tool
Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age.
Street children
Street children are poor or homeless children who live on the streets of a city, town, or village.
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Sustainable Transport Award
The Sustainable Transport Award (STA), is presented annually to a city that has shown leadership and vision in the field of sustainable transportation and urban livability in the preceding year.
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Tacuarembó
Tacuarembó (Guarani: Takuarembo, literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay.
Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay.
Tango music
Tango is a style of music in 4 time that originated among European and African immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay (collectively, the "Rioplatenses").
Technology and Culture
Technology and Culture is a quarterly academic journal founded in 1959.
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Tecnológico de Antioquia
The Tecnológico de Antioquia (TdeA) (English: Antioquia Institute of Technology), also called Tecnológico de Antioquia – University Institute, is an academic institution of higher education in Colombia in the department of Antioquia, provides technical education services, technology and professional.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (translit,; translit), usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel.
Thatching
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (Cladium mariscus), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof.
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.
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Thousand Days' War
The Thousand Days' War (Guerra de los Mil Días) was a civil war fought in Colombia from 17 October 1899 to 21 November 1902, at first between the Liberal Party and the government led by the National Party, and later – after the Conservative Party had ousted the National Party – between the liberals and the conservative government.
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Tijuana
Tijuana is the largest city in the state of Baja California, located on the northwestern Pacific Coast of Mexico.
Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tolima Department
Tolima is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the Andean region, in the center-west of the country.
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Tomás Carrasquilla
Tomás Carrasquilla Naranjo (1858 – 1940) was a Colombian writer who lived in the Antioquia region.
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Tostones
Tostones (from the Spanish verb tostar which means "to toast") are twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine.
Tour de France
The Tour de France is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France.
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Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Trams in Medellin
Medellin, a City in western Colombia; important coffee center has returned its tramway as a modern tram system.
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Translohr
Translohr is a rubber-tyred tramway system, originally developed by Lohr Industrie of France and now run by a consortium of Alstom Transport and Fonds stratégique d'investissement (FSI) as newTL, which took over from Lohr in 2012.
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city.
Tropical climate
Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A. Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot temperatures and high humidity all year-round.
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Tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate subtype that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category Am.
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Tropical rainforest climate
A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator.
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United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia
The United Self-Defenders of Colombia (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia, or AUC, in Spanish) was a Colombian far-right paramilitary and drug trafficking group which was an active belligerent in the Colombian armed conflict during the period from 1997 to 2006.
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University of Antioquia
The University of Antioquia (Universidad de Antioquia), also called UdeA, is primarily a public research-based university, located in the city of Medellín, Colombia.
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Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a global nonprofit research and education organization with regional offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, and London.
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Valle del Cauca Department
Valle del Cauca, or Cauca Valley, is a department in western Colombia abutting the Pacific Ocean.
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Vallenato
Vallenato, is a popular folk music genre from Colombia.
Varna, Bulgaria
Varna (Варна) is the third-largest city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region.
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Víctor Aristizábal
Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born 9 December 1971) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea.
Veracruz Church
Veracruz Church (Iglesia de la Veracruz) is a Roman Catholic church under the invocation of the "Vera Cruz" or Holy Cross.
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Virgin of Candelaria
The Virgin of Candelaria or Our Lady of Candle (Virgen de Candelaria or Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria) (Mahal na Birhen ng Candelaria, popularly called La Morenita, celebrates the Virgin Mary on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands (Spain). The center of worship is located in the city of Candelaria in Tenerife.
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Viva Air Colombia
Fast Colombia S.A.S., trading as Viva Air Colombia and formerly VivaColombia, was a Colombian ultra low-cost airline based in Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia.
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Washington Consensus
The Washington Consensus is a set of ten economic policy prescriptions considered to constitute the "standard" reform package promoted for crisis-wracked developing countries by Washington, D.C.-based institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and United States Department of the Treasury.
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West Caribbean Airways
West Caribbean Airways S.A. (abbreviated as WCA) was a commercial airline founded in December 1998 with its headquarters at Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellín, Colombia after moving there from San Andres Island in 2001.
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White people
White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.
World Urban Forum
The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the world’s premier conference on urban issues.
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Zapopan
Zapopan is a city and municipality located in the Mexican state of Jalisco.
2001 Copa América
The 2001 Copa América was held in Colombia, from 11 to 29 July.
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2010 South American Games
The IX South American Games (Spanish: Juegos Sudamericanos; Portuguese: Jogos Sul-Americanos) was a multi-sport event held between 19 and 30 March 2010 in Medellín, Colombia.
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2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the 18th FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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2018 Colombian census
The 2018 Colombian Census was the 18th population census in Colombia, and the 7th to include the counting of households and dwelling units.
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2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud de 2018), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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See also
1616 establishments in South America
- Belém
- Medellín
1616 establishments in the Spanish Empire
- Medellín
Capitals of Colombian departments
- Arauca, Arauca
- Armenia, Colombia
- Barranquilla
- Bogotá
- Bucaramanga
- Cúcuta
- Cali
- Cartagena, Colombia
- Florencia, Caquetá
- Ibagué
- Inírida, Guainía
- Leticia, Amazonas
- Manizales
- Medellín
- Mitú
- Mocoa
- Montería
- Neiva, Huila
- Pasto, Colombia
- Pereira, Colombia
- Popayán
- Puerto Carreño
- Quibdó
- Riohacha
- San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia
- San José del Guaviare
- Santa Marta
- Sincelejo
- Tunja
- Valledupar
- Villavicencio
- Yopal
Populated places established in 1616
The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley
- Aburrá Valley
- Barbosa, Antioquia
- Bello, Antioquia
- Caldas, Antioquia
- Copacabana (Antioquia)
- Girardota
- Integrated urban water management in Medellín
- Itagüí
- La Estrella, Antioquia
- Medellín
- Sabaneta, Antioquia
- The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley
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