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| Location of the municipality of Cocorná in the Antioquia Department | |||
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Cocorná
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| Country | Colombia | ||
| Region | Andean Region | ||
| Department | Antioquia | ||
| Sub-Region | Eastern Antioquia | ||
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| • Alcalde | Hector Duque Ramirez | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 210 km2 (81.1 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,300 m (4,265 ft) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| • Total | 21,552 | ||
| Website | http://www.cocorna-antioquia.gov.co/index.shtml | ||
Cocorná is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.
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It has an extension of 210 km², with a mountainous territory, with great extensions of forest, and with many important rivers.
Is 90 km away from Medellín, 1 hour and a half in car, by an excellent road. It also has roads to the Corregimiento La Piñuela, and the municipalities of San Francisco and Granada.
Cocorná has been since 1980s a touristic place for many people, and since 2006, the government, believing in the all the potential Cocorná has for it, has been sponsoring economical investments in the area.
New hotels, and many projects that involve new jobs, are the result of that.
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