Bello, Antioquia
Municipality and City in Antioquia Department, Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bello (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeʎo], [ˈbeʝo]) is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia and a suburb of Medellín, the department capital. Bello is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley in the department of Antioquia. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of San Pedro de los Milagros, on the east by the municipality of Copacabana, on the south by the municipality of Medellín and on the west by the municipalities of Medellín and San Jerónimo.
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Bello
Old Camp | |
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Municipality and City | |
Municipality of Bello | |
Nickname(s): ・Marco Fidel Suárez's Cradle
・Cacique Niquia's Empire | |
Motto: City of progress | |
Coordinates: 6°20′N 75°34′W | |
Country | Colombia |
Founded | 1676 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Cesar Suárez Mira (Displaced)
Adriana Salas (Temporal mayor) 2016–2019 |
Area | |
• Municipality and City | 147.8 km2 (57.1 sq mi) |
• Urban | 22.07 km2 (8.52 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,310 m (4,300 ft) |
Population (2018 census)[1] | |
• Municipality and City | 522,264 |
• Density | 3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 495,483 |
• Urban density | 22,000/km2 (58,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 3,312,165 |
Demonym | Bellanita |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Area code | 57 + |
Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
It is the center of the development in the north of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: Valle de Aburrá), and as a member of the Metropolitan Area of Aburrá Valley, or AMVA (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá), some public services are regulated for the Metropolitan Area. There are several nicknames for the municipality: Imperio del Cacique Niquia (Cacique Niquia's Empire), Cuna de Marco Fidel Suárez ("Marco Fidel Suárez's cradle"), "Ciudad de los artistas" ("Artist's city").