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ANTIOQUTA

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 133 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTIOQUTA , an interior See also:

department of the See also:republic of See also:Colombia, lying S. of See also:Bolivar, W. of the Magdalena See also:river, and E. of See also:Cauca. See also:Area, 22,870 sq. m.; pop. (est. 1899) 464,887. The greater See also:part of its territory lies between the Magdalena and Cauca See also:rivers and includes the See also:northern end of the Central See also:Cordillera. The See also:country is covered with valuable forests, and its See also:mineral See also:wealth renders it one of the most important See also:mining regions of the republic. The See also:capital, See also:Medellin (est. pop. 53,000 in 1902), is a thriving mining centre, 4822 ft. above See also:sea-level, and 125 M. from Puerto Berri6 on the Magdalena. Other important towns are See also:Manizales (18,000) in the extreme See also:south, the commercial centre of a See also:rich See also:gold and grazing region; Antioquia, the old capital, on the Cauca; and Puerto Berri6 on the Magdalena, from which a railway has been started to the capital.

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