Andes | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality & Town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Antioquia Department |
Subdivision Type2: | Subregion |
Subdivision Name2: | Southwestern |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Elkin Dario Jaramillo Jaramillo (2012-2015) |
Established Title: | Foundation |
Established Date: | March 13th, 1852 |
Area Total Km2: | 402.5 |
Area Urban Km2: | 2.07 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Total: | 43269 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 20250 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.5833°N -130°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 1360 |
Website: | http://www.andes-antioquia.gov.co/ |
Andes is a municipality and town in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the sub-region of Southwestern Antioquia, it is located on the western Colombian Andes mountain range. Andes was founded on 13 March 1852 by Pedro Antonio Restrepo Escobar. Its elevation is 1,360 metres above sea level with an average temperature of 22 °C. The distance reference from Medellín city, the capital of Antioquia Department, is 117 km and it has a total area of 402.5 km2. This town is well known for being the place where Gonzalo Arango a writer, philosopher and Antioquian journalist was born. The more significantly source of its economy is agriculture, mainly coffee cultivation.
Andes has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) with consistent temperatures, cool nights, and abundant rainfall.