Valdivia, Antioquia Explained

Valdivia, Antioquia
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:Northern
Population As Of:Census 2018[1]
Population Total:11511
Coordinates:7.289°N -75.398°W
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5
Elevation M:1100

Valdivia is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia, its population was 11,511 at the 2018 census.

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.

Climate

Valdivia has an elevation moderated tropical rainforest climate (Af). It has very heavy rainfall year-round.

References

7.289°N -75.398°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018. es . 23 April 2020.