Yarumal

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Location of the municipality of Yarumal in the Antioquia Department.
Location of the municipality of Yarumal in the Antioquia Department.
Flag of Yarumal.
Flag of Yarumal.

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 km², 35,315 inhabitants, and its average elevation is 2,265 m above sea level.

Coordinates: 7°00′N, 75°30′W

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