Medellín

Medellín
/me dhe yeen"/, n.
a city in W Colombia. 1,070,924.

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City (pop., 1999 est.: 1,861,265), northwestern Colombia.

It is the country's second largest city and is heavily industrialized. Founded in 1675 as a mining town, it grew rapidly after the completion of the Panama Canal and the arrival of the railroad in 1914. It is now noted for its textile mills, clothing factories, and steel mills. It is one of Colombia's largest trading centres for coffee. It also became a centre for the illegal international distribution of narcotics (mainly cocaine) in the late 20th century.

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 city, capital of Antioquia departamento, northwestern Colombia. It lies along the Porce River (a tributary of the Cauca) at an elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level, in the steep, temperate Aburrá Valley of the Cordillera Central. It is one of the nation's largest cities and is heavily industrialized, particularly in the steel industry. Medellín was founded in 1675 as a mining town, but few colonial buildings survive. It is a well-ordered city, laid out on modern planning lines. Medellín has developed a wide industrial base that includes food processing, woodworking, metallurgy, automobiles, chemicals, and rubber products; it is known as “Colombia's Manchester,” because of its textile mills and clothing factories.

      After 1914, the completion of the Panama Canal and the arrival of the railroad from Cali led to the rapid growth of Medellín, which became an important transportation crossroads. The city is connected by road to the Caribbean littoral and has an international airport. Medellín has long been one of Colombia's largest commercial centres of the coffee industry. A new international airport at nearby Rionegro was completed in the mid-1980s. Medellín became a centre for the illegal international distribution of Colombian-grown cocaine in the late 20th century. Pop. (2007 est.) 2,248,912.

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