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Antioquia

Department in northwest-central Colombia, situated in the Cordillera Occidental of the Andes; area 63,282 sq km/24,433 sq mi; population (1996) 4,919,619. This is a picturesque, mountainous region, sprinkled with small towns noted for their distinctive architecture. The capital is Medellín. Antioquia is the most prosperous department in the country; its favourable climate makes it a prime coffee-growing and cattle-raising area, and it is also a centre of gold- and silver-mining. Cultivation of coffee is particularly intensive in the valley of the River Magdalena, which forms the eastern boundary of the department. In addition, over 80% of Colombia's total textile output comes from Antioquia, especially Medellín.

Previously the principal city in the world cocaine trade, Medellín is still regarded as unsafe for tourists, although it does now have some museums and other tourist facilities.


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Elsewhere, the Company has signed an option agreement on a new gold property in the Buritica gold district located in the western part of Antioquia Department, some 90 km from the town of Medellin.
is pleased to announce the purchase of a 75 percent interest in an additional mining property, La Arenosa, in the Segovia-Remedios gold mining district of Antioquia Department in Colombia, South America.
 
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