Medellin (CO)

Medellín (pronunciation: [meðeˈʝin] or [meðeˈʎin]), officially the Municipality of Medellín, is the second-largest city (2.5 million inhabitants in 2017) in Colombia and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central region of the Andes Mountains in South America.

In 1675, the queen consort Mariana of Austria founded the Villa de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria de Medellín in the Aná region, which today corresponds to the center of the city. In 1826, the city was named the capital of the Department of Antioquia by the National Congress of the nascent Republic of Gran Colombia, comprised by present-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama. After Colombia won its independence from Spain, Medellín became the capital of the Federal State of Antioquia until 1888, with the proclamation of the Colombian Constitution of 1886.

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20th century

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Oval Departamental MEDELLIN on the Antioquia 1902 issue.

Correos SMP Urbanos MEDELLIN on a local 1904 issue. Violet oval.

Correos SMP Urbanos MEDELLIN on a local 1909 issue. Violet SMP.

19th century

File:Medellin (CO) 18;; a.jpg	Blue oval MEDELLIN FRANCA on a US of Colombia 1863 issue.	Pen cancel Medellin Franca on the first Antioquia (Sovereign) issue. Corinphila auction. Scott 4.	Antioquia first issue (1868), pen cancelled. Corinphila 131st.
Antioquia issue 1873, pen cancelled.	Antioquia issue 1886, violet oval cancel.	Violet oval MEDELLIN on the Antioquia 1899 issue.