Barbosa is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Situated 39 km from the city of Medellín, it is one of the municipalities of the Metropolitan Area of Valle de Aburra. It is known as the Gateway to the Northeast, famous for its lakes and streams. A traditional Pineapple Festival is held there in December. The Train Festival takes place in August in the district of El Hatillo. Municipio (Spanish and Italian) and MunicÃpio (Portuguese) are the terms used for the following subnational entities: // MunicÃpio MunicÃpio (Brazil) MunicÃpio (Portugal), more commonly called concelho Municipio Municipio (Colombia) Municipio (Italy), more commonly called comune Municipio (Mexico) Municipio (Puerto Rico) Municipio (Spain) Municipio (Venezuela) See also Munic... Motto: Capital MedellÃn Governor Area 63,612 km² Population - Total (2003) - Density 5,750,478 90 people/km² Adjective antioqueño Antioquia was one of the states in the original United States of Colombia, and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia. ... MedellÃn is the capital city of the Antioquia Department in Colombia. ... Binomial name Ananas comosus (L.) Merr. ...
Antioquia was one of the states in the original "United States of Colombia", and is now a department in the northwest of the Republic of Colombia.
Other important towns are Santa Fé de Antioquia, the old capital located on the Cauca, and Puerto Berrió on the Magdalena.
Prior to the constitution of 1886, Antioquia and the other states were sovereign governments in their own right, and even afterwards retained some rights, such as the management of finances.
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