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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Antioquia Department
		Antioquia is one of the 32 Departments of the Republic of Colombia located in the central northwestern part of this country with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean sea however, most of its territory is mountainous with some important valleys, part of the Andes mountain range.
		Antioquia has been part of many territorial divisions of former countries created over the present day territory of Colombia and prior to the constitution of 1886, Antioquia and the other states were sovereign governments in their own right.
		Antioquia borders with the Cordoba Department and the Caribbean Sea to the north, Chocó Department to the west, to the east it borders the departments of Bolivar, Santander and Boyaca, and to the south the departments of Caldas and Risaralda.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Antioquia (660 words)

	Antioquia - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Antioquia, second largest department in Colombia, South America, with an area of 63,612 sq km (24,561 sq mi).
		Medellín, city, central Colombia, capital of Antioquia Department, in a mountain valley at an altitude of about 1525 m (about 5000 ft).
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /Antioquia.html (163 words)

	Antioquia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		The department has an area of 63,612 km² (24,427 sq mi), and an estimated population of 5,000,000 (2004).
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Antioquia (184 words)

	.:: Presidencia de la República de Colombia ::.
		Álvaro Uribe was born in Medellin, the capital of the department of Antioquia on July 4th, 1952.
		HEAD of the Real Estate Department of Medellín's Public Works, where he was in charge of the acquisition of the properties needed to build the El Peñol dam as well as of the relocation of the population of El Peñol.
		As the department of Antioquia's governor his goals were a reduction of public spending, putting an end to politicking, placing strict controls over the department's public funds, encouraging savings and generating more investment funds on behalf of the community.
	www.presidencia.gov.co /prensa_new/presidente/hvingles.htm (1490 words)

	MBG: Research: Antioquia Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Department of Antioquia is located in the northwestern part of Colombia, between 5°25' and 8°55' north latitude and 73°53' and 77°07' west longitude (Galeano & Bernal, 1987).
		It is bordered on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Departments of Córdoba and Bolívar, on the east by the Departments of Santander and Boyacá;, on the south by the Departments of Caldas and Risaralda, and on the west by the Department of Chocó;.
		Alvaro Idárraga of the Herbarium of the University of Antioquia (HUA) and Rosa Ortíz (MO) are currently preparing an annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of the Department of Antioquia, which is a joint project of the HUA and MO herbaria coordinated by Ricardo Callejas (HUA) and Olga Martha Montiel (MO).
	www.mobot.org /mobot/Research/colombia/colombia_english.shtml (516 words)

	Encyclopedia: FARC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries.
		Cundinamarca is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia.
		It was speculated that these actions, and those that might follow later into the year, could be directed towards undermining the advances made by the policies of the Uribe administration, as a possible means to weaken Uribe's chances in the future 2006 electoral contest, where he was expected to run for reelection.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/FARC (6020 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Medellin
		Archdiocese in the Republic of Colombia, Metropolitan of Antioquia and Manizales, in the Departments of
		On 31 August, 1804, the See of Antioquia was erected, and on 4 February, 1868, the title of the diocese was removed from Antioquia to the growing town of
		ANTIOQUIA on the Cauca was founded by Jorge Robledo in 1542; until 1826 it was the capital of the Department of Antioquia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10116b.htm (823 words)

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		In 1886 the states were abolished and Antioquia became a Department under direct authority of the central government.
		1910 Gonzalo Gómez Governors of the Department of Medellín 1908 Dionisio Arango Mejía s.a.
		Governors of the Department of Sonsón 1908 - 1909 Marcelino Uribe 1909 César García 1909 - 19..
	www.geocities.com /beerke_beer/Antioquia.html (334 words)

	Antioquia Department (Colombia) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The flag has its origin in the University of Antioquia (founded in 1822), that nearly since its foundation had between its emblems a green and white flag that was hoisted in all its official acts.
		In 1962, by order of the departmental Assembly it was decreed the use by the department of the same flag as that of the University of Antioquia.
		Antioquia adopted the flag by Ordenanza 6 of December 10,1962 ; CoA adopted on 23 August 1812 by Decerto number 21.
	flagquest.com /FOTW/flags/co-ant.html (211 words)

	Antioquia Department (Colombia)
		Universidad de Antioquia - founded in 1822), that nearly since its foundation had between its emblems a green and white flag that was hoisted in all its official acts.
		In 1962, by order of the departmental Assembly it was decreed the use by the department of the same flag as that of the University of Antioquia.
		Antioquia adopted the flag by Ordenanza 6 of 10 December 1962 ; CoA adopted on 23 August 1812 by Decerto number 21.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/co-ant.html (309 words)

	Colombia
		In June a Rionegro, Antioquia department, court convicted in absentia army major David Hernandez Rojas and army captain Diego Fino Rodriguez of aggravated homicide in the 1999 murder of Antioquia peace commissioner (and former Vice Minister for Youth) Alex Lopera and two other persons, and sentenced them to 50 years in prison.
		On November 19, the AUC in a letter to the Governor of Antioquia department reported that on November 18, it had abducted six mayors from eastern Antioquia, as well as their human rights adviser.
		The kidnaping apparently was in retaliation for meetings that the mayors had held with representatives of the ELN to seek respect for the lives of the civilian population in their municipalities.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/wha/8326.htm (18397 words)

	Colombia
		For example, on June 14, paramilitaries executed two men on the outskirts of the town of Giron, Santander department; a note attached to one of the bodies attempted to justify the killings on the grounds that the men were common criminals.
		On August 31, near the town of Corralito in the Montes de Maria region of Bolivar department, the FARC killed eight farm workers whom it accused of being paramilitary collaborators.
		On April 21, the FARC kidnaped Guillermo Gaviria, governor of Antioquia, and Gilberto Echeverri, departmental peace commissioner and former national Minister of Defense, while the governor was leading a peace march through the eastern Antioquia town of El Vaho.
	www.fas.org /asmp/profiles/colombia/colombia-hr-02.htm (18290 words)

	Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Colombia (the Republic of)
		The principal victims of the spiralling conflict continued to be civilians, mostly peasant farmers living in areas whose control was disputed between the armed forces and their paramilitary allies, and armed opposition groups.
		The regions most affected included the departments of Antioquia, Bolivar and Cesar in the northwest, Chocó; department in the west and Meta department in the east.
		Several hundred refugees from Chocó; department crossed the border into Panama, but were forcibly returned by the Panamanian Government, in collusion with the Colombian authorities, in breach of their international obligations.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/amr23.htm (2696 words)

	Colombia
		For example, the CCJ alleged that on May 11 troops of the 6th Brigade surrounded the towns of Montoso and Aco, Tolima department, accused various members of the population of being guerrilla collaborators, and causing the disappearance of Jose Maximiliano Gomez.
		For example, in March the ELN imposed a blockade on several municipalities in eastern Antioquia department, causing serious food shortages that led to the displacement of hundreds of civilians.
		On July 21, police in Atlantico department captured Leonidas Ricardo Reyes, the AUC Southern Bloc's third-in-command, who was suspected of murdering several teachers and a student in Magdalena department.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27891.htm (17017 words)

	Columbia Human Rights
		On March 28, two former officials from the city of Apartado, Antioquia department, were sentenced to 9 years in prison for organizing paramilitary groups that murdered several UP members between 1990 and 1996.
		For example, on May 30, paramilitaries in the department of Cesar released a senior departmental government employee they had held captive for over 9 months; paramilitaries justified their actions by claiming they had held him while they investigated allegations of corruption.
		On April 22, in Corcorna municipality, Antioquia department, ELN guerrillas kidnapped local teacher Ana Cecilia Duque, demanding that her father kill a local paramilitary leader to secure her release.
	www.nationbynation.com /Columbia/Human.html (19016 words)

	CASE NO. 1787/COLOMBIA(2002): Complaint against the Government of Colombia presented by the ICFTU, CLAT, WFTU, CUT, ...
		Francy Uran Molina, murdered in the municipality of Caicedo, Department of Antioquía.
		Jairo Herrero, murdered in the municipality of Puerto Wilches, Department of Santander, on 15 September 2000.
		Manuel Enrique Charris Ariza, murdered in the municipality of Soledad, Department of Atlántico, on 11 June 2001.
	www.oit.org.pe /sindi/english/casos/col/col200206.html (17844 words)

	americas.org - Thugs Kill Indigenous Leader (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Indigenous leader Joselito Bailarín was murdered by rightwing paramilitaries in western Antioquia department on June 30, the Indigenous Organization of Antioquia (OIA) reported that day in Medellín.
		Bailarín had asked the Defender of the People, the Antioquia Peace Council and the Attorney General’s office—among other offices—to provide a humanitarian commission to accompany him on his trip, but his requests were denied, said Tascón.
		The lack of security in Antioquia’s indigenous communities led the OIA to hold its sixth Congress at Marco Fidel Suárez high school in Medellín.
	www.americas.org /item_6072 (341 words)

tags --> Colombia: Antioquia Department: Medellin and more on the AardvarkTravel.net Travel Forum</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Antioquia</b> <b>department</b> is one of the most beautiful places to see in Colombia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Besides Medellin there are many sites worth visiting in <b>antioquia</b> <b>department</b>, and to most of them its posible to travel in a day trip from medellin. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Santa fe de <b>Antioquia</b> - that is the village the was in the far past the capital of <b>antioquia</b> <b>department</b> before medellin.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.aardvarktravel.net /chat/viewtopic.php?t=1594</font> (390 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.comunidadandina.org/ingles/tourism/cities/material_antioquia/how.htm">Virtual Andean Tourist Routes - Colonial Cities - Large and burgeoning Antioquia - Colombia / Andean Community - 2003</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Antioquia</b> <b>department</b> is interconnected by land with the rest of the country: the <b>departments</b> of <a href="/topics/C%C3%B3rdoba-Department" title="C%C3%B3rdoba Department" class=fl>Córdoba</a>, Choco, <a href="/topics/Risaralda-Department" title="Risaralda Department" class=fl>Risaralda</a>, <a href="/topics/Caldas-Department" title="Caldas Department" class=fl>Caldas</a>, <a href="/topics/Cundinamarca" title="Cundinamarca" class=fl>Cundinamarca</a>, <a href="/topics/Boyac%C3%A1-Department" title="Boyac%C3%A1 Department" class=fl>Boyac</a>á, <a href="/topics/Santander-Department" title="Santander Department" class=fl>Santander</a> and <a href="/topics/Bol%C3%ADvar-Department" title="Bol%C3%ADvar Department" class=fl>Bolívar</a>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Tourists are able to move easily through the <b>department</b>, thanks to its excellent paved roads. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The roads in <b>Antioquia</b> <b>department</b> are generally paved highways that link up the country.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.comunidadandina.org /ingles/tourism/cities/material_antioquia/how.htm</font> (242 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9061832">Puerto Berrio -- Encyclopædia Britannica</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The city lies along a spur of the railway from Puerto Berrío to Popayán and is the transfer point for road traffic to Bogotá via Ibagué (30 miles [50 km] southeast). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>department</b>, western Colombia, rising from the Pacific lowlands across the Andean Cordillera Occidental to encompass the valley of the upper Cauca River. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>department</b> is a leading producer of sugar, rice, tobacco, and coffee.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9061832</font> (959 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-12/23/content_402668.htm">Once Caldas ex-coach injured in firearm attack</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> This occurred near his residence, in <a href="/topics/Caldas-Department" title="Caldas Department" class=fl>Caldas</a> municipality of <b>Antioquia</b> <b>department</b> (northwest). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> According to witnesses, Montoya was shot by two men who presumedly attempted to rob his sister after she withdrew money from an automatic teller machine of that locality. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Montoya is hospitalized and receiving intensive-care attention at the city of Medellin, <a href="/topics/Capital" title="Capital" class=fl>capital</a> of <b>Antioquia</b>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.chinadaily.com.cn /english/doc/2004-12/23/content_402668.htm</font> (238 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>[No title]</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The <b>department</b> of <b>Antioquia</b> is situated in norwestern Colombia. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Antioquia</b> has a surface area of 63,612 km2 with an estimated population of 4,500,000 as of June, 1990. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Antioquian towns are known for their traditional architecture, which includes a plaza or park righ in the middle of the town.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.colostate.edu /Orgs/LASO/Colombia/Antioquia</font> (150 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.hri.ca/fortherecord2001/vol4/colombiatr.htm">Colombia - Thematic Reports</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Fifteen newly reported cases were transmitted to the government; these had occurred in 2000, at Finca La Galleta, Montebello (<b>Antioquia</b> <b>department);</b> at Minitas, Granada (<b>Antioquia</b> <b>department);</b> at Bugalagrande (Cauca <b>department);</b> at Cabito, Bajo Baudo (Chocó <b>department);</b> and in Santander <b>department</b>. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Most of the abductions and detentions leading to disappearances were carried out by members of paramilitary groups whose actions were believed to have been either undertaken in complicity with, or under the supervision of, members of the security forces, very often in areas of heavy military presence. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The government informed the SR that the Administrative <b>Department</b> for National Security (DAS) was investigating all allegations of death threats.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.hri.ca /fortherecord2001/vol4/colombiatr.htm</font> (1802 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/2001/457/25604">Green Left - Venceremos: Colombia: Massacres in Antioquia</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Some 300 right-wing paramilitaries from the United Self-Defence Forces of Colombia (AUC) seized control of <a href="/topics/Peque" title="Peque" class=fl>Peque</a> municipality in the northern central region of <b>Antioquia</b> <b>department</b> on July 4 and ordered residents to leave by July 7. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The paramilitaries blocked roads into the municipality and demanded that government forces be garrisoned in the town to stop guerrilla incursions into the <a href="/topics/Area" title="Area" class=fl>area</a>, according to <a href="/topics/Peque" title="Peque" class=fl>Peque’s</a> mayor, Jose Luis Usuga. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> On July 7, paramilitaries massacred at least 14 people in the rural village of Canaveral, in <a href="/topics/Remedios" title="Remedios" class=fl>Remedios</a> municipality, in the eastern <a href="/topics/Area" title="Area" class=fl>area</a> of <b>Antioquia</b>.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.greenleft.org.au /2001/457/25604</font> (487 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><u>Colombia Update - To Antioquia</u> <i>(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)</i></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> We set out last week for a trip to Santa Fe de <b>Antioquia</b>, the former capital of <b>Antioquia</b> <b>Department</b> and home to an antique pueblo, complete with rock streets, donkeys, old-style buildings and huge churches. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> <b>Antioquia</b> (as the pueblo is referred to) is tierra caliente, where the temperatures are high day and night. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> The land is fertile, overflowing with trees, plants and exotic fruits.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.colombiaupdate.com /Members/george/w/20020227130258</font> (829 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><body face="Arial"> <br> <table cellpadding=0> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <table > <tr><td> </td><td colspan=2><a href="http://www.oit.org.pe/sindi/english/casos/col/col200305.html">CASE NO. 1787/COLOMBIA (2003):Complaint against the Government of Colombia presented by: ICFTU%CLAT%WFTU%CUT%CGTD%CTC% ...</a></td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> At the regional level, the <b>Department</b> with the most murders of trade union members was, in 2002, <b>Antioquia</b> (47), followed by Magdalena (13), Nariño and Santander (11 each) and Arauca and Meta (ten each). </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> Torres was a teacher at the El Peñol Municipality, <b>Department</b> of <b>Antioquia</b>, he was not assassinated in the exercise of, nor because of his trade union activities. </td></tr> <tr><td valign=top><img style="margin-top:4px;" src=/images/a.gif></td><td></td><td> He was abducted on 6 April 2002 while travelling from the Municipality of Itsmina to the City of Quibdó, on the road between the Municipality of Atrato near the Doña Josefa corrigimiento and was released on 9 June to a committee of the diocese of Quibdó in the corrigimiento of Boca de Capaz.</td></tr> <tr><td></td><td colspan=2><font color=gray>www.oit.org.pe /sindi/english/casos/col/col200305.html</font> (13718 words)</td></tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table><script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br> <p style="margin-left:30px;font-size:13px;"><b>Try your search on: <a href="http://www.qwika.com/find/Antioquia Department">Qwika</a> (all wikis)</b></p> <form action=http://www.factbites.com/search.php><table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td background="/images/f1.gif"><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0 background="/images/b.gif"><tr><td><img src="/images/f2.gif" width=38 height=37 alt=" "/></td><td><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0><tr><td><a href="/"><img src="/images/f3.gif" width=95 height=37 alt="Factbites" border=0 /></a><img src="/images/b.gif" width=15 height=1 alt=" "/></td><td valign=bottom><input type=text size=30 name=kp><img src="/images/b.gif" width=2 height=1 alt=" " /><input type=submit value=" Find » " class=b2></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><span class=f> <a href="http://www.factbites.com/about_us.php">About us</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/why_use_us.php">Why use us?</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/reviews.php">Reviews</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/press.php">Press</a> | <a href="http://www.factbites.com/contact_us.php">Contact us</a> <br />Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with <a href=http://www.factbites.com/terms_and_conditions.php>terms</a>.</span></td></tr></table><img src="/images/b.gif" width=450 height=1 alt=" " /></td></tr></table></form> <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-317061-4"; urchinTracker(); </script> </body></html>