Antioquia
Medellín
El Poblado

El Poblado

El Poblado is the 14th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of , . According to a 2005 census the population was 94,704, distributed among its land area of 23 km2, and by the year 2015, it had a population of 128,839.
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  • Type: Suburb with 411,000 residents
  • Description: commune of Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
  • Also known as: “Commune 14, Medellín”, “Comuna 14”, “Comuna 14, Medellín”, and “El Poblado, Medellín”

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Castillo Museum and Medellín Museum of Modern Art.

Museum
Photo: XalD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
and Gardens is a Colombian museum in the El Poblado district of . It offers permanent exhibitions of objects in porcelain and glass, stained glass, antiques, paintings, and sculptures, among other things.

Museum
Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Modern Art of Medellín is a museum of modern art in the city of . It was founded in 1978. Many artworks by Débora Arango, who was born in Medellín, are part of the museum's collection.

Aerodrome
Photo: SajoR, Public domain.
Olaya Herrera Airport is an airport located in , , that serves regional and domestic flights. Additionally, the airport is used by general aviation and features several hangars for charters. is situated 3½ km northwest of El Poblado.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Envigado and Itagüí.

Town
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is a city and municipality due South of , in the department of . It is located in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. is situated 4½ km southwest of El Poblado.

Town
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is a city and municipality of , located in the south of the in the . It is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley. is situated 6 km southwest of El Poblado.

Suburb
is the 15th commune in the metropolitan area of the city of , Colombia. It is the city's 2nd least populated commune with 94,960 inhabitants as of 2016.

El Poblado

Latitude
6.2006° or 6° 12′ 2″ north
Longitude
-75.5637° or 75° 33′ 49″ west
Population
411,000
Elevation
1,554 metres (5,098 feet)
Open location code
67R66C2P+6G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5072308369
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11887367
Wiki­data ID
Q5351851
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In Other Languages

From Indonesian to Vietnamese—“El Poblado” goes by many names.
  • Indonesian: “El Poblado”
  • Italian: “El Poblado (Medellín)”
  • Italian: “El Poblado”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “El Poblado”
  • Norwegian: “El Poblado”
  • Portuguese: “El Poblado”
  • Russian: “Эль-Побладо”
  • Spanish: “Comuna 14 (Medellín)”
  • Spanish: “El Poblado (Medellin)”
  • Spanish: “El Poblado”
  • Spanish: “Poblado (Medellin)”
  • Spanish: “Poblado (Medellín)”
  • Vietnamese: “El Poblado, Medellín”
  • Vietnamese: “El Poblado”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận 14, Medellín”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “El Poblado”. Photo: Pedro Felipe, CC BY-SA 4.0.