Medellín

E73076
city

Medellín is Colombia’s second-largest city, known for its mountainous setting, innovative urban development, and vibrant cultural life.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Medellín, Colombia 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
continent South America ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
elevatedToCityStatusIn 1675 ⓘ
foundedAs Poblado de San Lorenzo de Aburrá ⓘ
foundedIn 1616 ⓘ
governedBy Mayor of Medellín ⓘ
hasAirport Olaya Herrera Airport ⓘ
hasAverageElevation about 1,500 meters above sea level ⓘ
hasCableTransport Metrocable Medellín ⓘ
surface form: Metrocable
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate ⓘ
hasFootballClub Atlético Nacional ⓘ
Independiente Medellín ⓘ
hasGovernmentType mayor–council government ⓘ
hasInternationalAirport José María Córdova International Airport ⓘ
hasMuseum Museo de Antioquia ⓘ
Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellín ⓘ
hasNickname City of Eternal Spring ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasPublicSquare Plaza Botero ⓘ
hasRapidTransitSystem Metro de Medellín ⓘ
surface form: Medellín Metro
hasRiver Medellín River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSisterCity Barcelona ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
San Diego ⓘ
hasStadium Atanasio Girardot Stadium ⓘ
hasTramSystem Metrocable Medellín ⓘ
surface form: Ayacucho Tram
hasUniversity EAFIT University ⓘ
Pontifical Bolivarian University ⓘ
University of Antioquia ⓘ
hostsEvent Colombiamoda fashion fair ⓘ
Feria de las Flores ⓘ
Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín ⓘ
is second-largest city in Colombia ⓘ
isCapitalOf Antioquia Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
isPartOf Aburrá Metropolitan Area ⓘ
knownFor innovative urban development ⓘ
mild spring-like weather ⓘ
public transportation integration ⓘ
social urbanism projects ⓘ
vibrant cultural life ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Antioquia Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Andes ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone America/Bogota ⓘ
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
locatedInValley Aburrá Valley ⓘ
namedAfter Medellín, Extremadura, Spain ⓘ
population over 2,000,000 inhabitants ⓘ
recognizedBy 2013 Innovative City of the Year by Wall Street Journal and Urban Land Institute ⓘ
UTCOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antioquia Department → capital → Medellín ⓘ
Fernando Botero → hasPublicArtIn → Medellín ⓘ
J Balvin → hasResidence → Medellín ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medellín, Colombia
Juan Pablo Ángel → homeCity → Medellín ⓘ
Fernando Botero → livedIn → Medellín ⓘ
Colombia → majorCity → Medellín ⓘ
Fernando Botero → placeOfBirth → Medellín ⓘ
J Balvin → placeOfBirth → Medellín ⓘ
this entity surface form: Medellín, Colombia
Juan Pablo Ángel → placeOfBirth → Medellín ⓘ
Turbo, Colombia → roadConnection → Medellín ⓘ
Narcos → settingLocation → Medellín ⓘ
Gwangju → sisterCity → Medellín ⓘ
Colombian Spanish → spokenInCity → Medellín ⓘ
Paisa Spanish → spokenInCity → Medellín ⓘ