Aburrá valley

Aburrá Valley is a region localized in Antioquia department in Colombia. It's conformed of the Medellín city, the small cities Bello and Itagüí and the towns Caldas, La Estrella and Sabaneta in the south; Barbosa, Girardota and Copacabana in the north.

“The name "Aburrá" comes from an ancient language spoken in the place by the Aburreans (Aburraes) before the Spaniards arrived the place about 1504”  (Wikipedya “”).

Aburra Valley is a beautiful region worth knowing. Main city is Medellín with a population of 2.441.123 as of 2014 and 3.731.447 in metropolitan area. It’s the most organized and progressist city in Colombia in last fifteen years.

People there is very affable and collaborative, though there are some parts of the city that you can’t walk with total tranquility because of social problems, above all in periferic neighborhoods, but never mind it.

Main town

Aburrá Valley has a simple architecture. Most of the houses are building with conventional red brick both in the city and in the towns.  

In last years the number of visitors has been increas as too the numbers of foreign residents has increased significantly.