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Salgar

Salgar

Salgar is a town and municipality in the department of . 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.
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Salgar

Latitude
5.96314° or 5° 57′ 47″ north
Longitude
-75.97914° or 75° 58′ 45″ west
Population
15,800
Elevation
1,209 metres (3,967 feet)
Open location code
67Q6X27C+78
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703173606
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3670350
Wiki­data ID
Q1525126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Salgar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سالغار”
  • Asturian: “Salgar (Colombia)”
  • Asturian: “Salgar”
  • Basque: “Salgar”
  • Cebuano: “Salgar”
  • Chinese: “Salgar”
  • Chinese: “萨尔加”
  • Chinese: “薩爾加”
  • Dutch: “Salgar”
  • French: “Salgar”
  • Galician: “Salgar”
  • Georgian: “სალგარი”
  • Iloko: “Salgar”
  • Interlingue: “Salgar”
  • Irish: “Salgar”
  • Italian: “Salgar”
  • Kotava: “Salgar”
  • Malay: “Salgar”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Salgar”
  • Persian: “سالگار”
  • Polish: “Salgar”
  • Portuguese: “Salgar”
  • Romanian: “Salgar”
  • Russian: “Сальгар”
  • Spanish: “Salgar”
  • Swedish: “Salgar”
  • Tagalog: “Salgar”
  • Turkish: “Salgar (belediye)”
  • Turkish: “Salgar belediyesi”
  • Turkish: “Salgar”
  • Ukrainian: “Салгар”
  • Ukrainian: “Салґар”
  • Uzbek: “Salgar”
  • Vietnamese: “Salgar”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Salgar”
  • “Salgar”

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