Venecia, 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: | Southwestern |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 141 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[2] |
Population Total: | 10280 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 5.9608°N -75.7336°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Venecia is a town and municipality in southwest region of the Antioquia Department, Colombia. According to the 2018 census, the population comprised 10,280 people. The town includes Cerro Tusa, a pyramid-shaped mountain, and another mountain known as Cerro Bravo.
The town was named after Venice, Italy because the area originally contained a large lagoon.
The settlement, from which later became the town, was founded on the 13 of January 1898. Venecia Municipality was isolated in a separate administrative unit in 1909.