City
Medellín
Colombia
What guided this image
- Landmarks
- Aburrá Valley; Plaza Botero; Aburrá Valley; Parque Biblioteca España; Joaquín Antonio Uribe Botanical Garden; Medellín River; lush Andean cloud forest and valley flora
- Viewpoint
- Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Medellín, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
- Palette
- Green should be the predominant color, especially in flowering jacarandas, wax palms, and lush mountain cloud forest vegetation.
Population1,999,979Wikidata: 2,529,403
Coordinates6.25°N, 75.57°W
Elevation1,405 m
Area381 km²
Time zoneAmerica/BogotaUTC−5
Solar noon12:02clock runs 0.0 h ahead of the sun
Through the Earth
Dig straight through the Earth from Medellín and you surface nearest to Kota Agung, Indonesia — 87 km from the exact antipodal point.
Nearest cities in the atlas
| Bogotá | CO | 246 km |
| Cali | CO | 331 km |
| Panama City | PA | 531 km |
| Barranquilla | CO | 532 km |
| Maracaibo | VE | 654 km |
| Quito | EC | 791 km |
| Barquisimeto | VE | 804 km |
| Valencia | VE | 940 km |
Twinned cities
- Barcelona ES
- Buenos Aires AR
- Cali CO
- Hyderabad IN
- Milan IT
- Monterrey MX
- Quito EC
- Rio de Janeiro BR
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