Valdivia, Antioquia

Valdivia, Antioquia
Valdivia, Antioquia
	Municipality and town
	Valdivia, Antioquia
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	Location of the municipality and town of Valdivia, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
	Valdivia, Antioquia Location in Colombia
	Coordinates: 7°17′20.4″N 75°23′52.8″W
Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia Department
Subregion	Northern
Elevation	1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population (Census 2018[1])
• Total	11,511
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Valdivia is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia.

History

Valdivia was inhabited by the Nutabes people upon the arrival of the Spanish colonists. In 1849 Spanish Pedro Vasquez acquired the land and cultivated the area, bringing labourers from other regions of Antioquia, that eventually began exploring and exploiting other land nearby. On February 5, 1892 became a corregimiento part of the municipality of Yarumal. Braulio Berrio was named its first Corregidor. In 1912 the Assembly of Antioquia segregated Valdivia from Yarumal assigned more land to its territory from other municipalities and made it a municipality.

References

(in Spanish) University of Antioquia Library; Valdivia, Antioquia

"Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2020.

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[Censo-1] "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 April 2020.