page_title: Antioquia Department
section_title: Regions and municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Antioquia Department / Administrative divisions / Regions and municipalities
context_page_description: The Department of Antioquia is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, located in the central northwestern part of Colombia with a narrow section that borders the Caribbean Sea. Most of its territory is mountainous with some valleys, much of which is part of the Andes mountain range. Antioquia has been part of many territorial divisions of former countries created over the present day territory of Colombia, and prior to the Colombian Constitution of 1886, Antioquia State had its own sovereign government.
  The department covers an area of 63,612 km², and has a population of 5,819,358; 6.6 million. Antioquia borders with the Córdoba Department and the Caribbean Sea to the north, Chocó to the west, the departments of Bolivar, Santander, and Boyaca to the east, and the departments of Caldas and Risaralda to the south.
  Medellín is Antioquia's capital city, and the second-largest city in the country. Other important towns are Santa Fe de Antioquia, the old capital located on the Cauca river, and Puerto Berrío on the Magdalena.
context_section_description: Antioquia is divided into nine subregions to facilitate the Department's administration. These nine regions contain a total of 125 municipalities. The nine subregions with their municipalities are:
caption: Angostura • Belmira • Briceño • Campamento • Carolina del Príncipe • Don Matías • Entrerríos • Gómez Plata • Guadalupe • Ituango • San Andrés • San José de la Montaña • San Pedro • Santa Rosa de Osos • Toledo • Valdivia • Yarumal