Yarumal

Yarumal
Municipality and town

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Location of the municipality and town of Yarumal in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Yarumal

Location in Colombia

Coordinates: 6°57′48″N 75°25′2″W / 6.96333°N 75.41722°W / 6.96333; -75.41722
Country  Colombia
Department Antioquia Department
Subregion Northern
Elevation 2,265 m (7,431 ft)
Population (30 June 2005)
 • Total 26,603±0
Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Yarumal is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia.

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.

It has a minor basilica, Our Lady of Mercy, which is a parish church of architectural note.

It gave its name to the Yarumal Society for the Foreign Missions (M.X.Y./I.M.E.Y.), a Medellin-based Latin Catholic Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for Men, which despite its name is especially active in Colombian missions.

History

Yarumal was founded in 1787 as San Luis de Gongora. Municipal status was granted in 1821.

Name

The current name of Yarumal comes from a local plant belonging to the Moraceae family, known in botanical Latin as Cecropia peltata L.

Health

An unusually large proportion of the inhabitants suffer from early-onset Alzheimer's disease, which is caused by a genetic mutation. The genetic mutation is thought to have come from a Spanish conquistador. Approximately 5,000 residents will develop early-onset Alzheimer's. Half of the affected residents were shown to have developed symptoms by their early 40s.[1][2]

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References

  1. ↑ Lalli, Matthew A.; Cox, Hannah C.; Arcila, Mary L.; Cadavid, Liliana; Moreno, Sonia; Garcia, Gloria; Madrigal, Lucia; Reiman, Eric M.; Arcos-Burgos, Mauricio (2014-10-01). "Origin of the PSEN1 E280A mutation causing early-onset Alzheimer's disease". Alzheimer's & Dementia. 10 (5 Suppl): S277–S283.e10. ISSN 1552-5279. PMC 4019728 Freely accessible. PMID 24239249. doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2013.09.005.
  2. ↑ Reitz, Christiane (2015-03-01). "Genetic diagnosis and prognosis of Alzheimer's disease: challenges and opportunities". Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 15 (3): 339–348. ISSN 1744-8352. PMC 4677675 Freely accessible. PMID 25634383. doi:10.1586/14737159.2015.1002469.

Coordinates: 7°00′N 75°30′W / 7.000°N 75.500°W / 7.000; -75.500

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