Yarumal

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Yarumal is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia.

Yarumal was founded in 1787 as San Luis de Gongora. Municipal status was granted in 1821. The current name of Yarumal comes from a local plant belonging to the Moraceae family, known in botanical Latin as Cecropia peltata L. The municipality (3 parishes and 20 villages) has an area of 724 sq. km, 35,315 inhabitants, and its average elevation is 2,265 m above sea level.

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