Salgar | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and 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 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 418 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
Population Total: | 15782 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.9617°N -75.9753°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Salgar (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia.
With a population of 15,782, as per the 2018 census, Salgar is part of the sub-region of Southwestern Antioquia.
The town was hit by a massive landslide in 2015.