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unusual facts about El Poblado, Medellín



Alonso de Zuazo

Estrada and Albornoz left Mexico City for Medellín, but before they had traveled eight leagues, Almíndez sent armed men after them and took them prisoner.

Anderson Henriques

He won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2011 South American Junior Championships in Athletics in Medellín, Colombia.

Andrés Orozco

Andrés Felipe Orozco Vásquez (born March 18, 1979 in Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia) is a Colombian football defender.

Apocalipsur

Apocalipsur tells the story of a group of friends in 1991 Medellín, when Medellín was dominated by Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel and its rival los Pepes.

Bancolombia

The bank is headquartered in Medellín, the second largest city in Colombia and was founded in 1945.

Bello, Antioquia

The main urban area of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley is located in the center of the valley and consists of the four largest cities by population: Medellin, Bello, Itagüí and Envigado.

Carlos Hoyos

Carlos Mario Hoyos Jaramillo (born February 28, 1962 in Medellín) is a retired football defender who was capped 24 times for Colombia between 1985 and 1990.

Christmas lights in Medellín

Christmas lights in Medellín, also known as the Lighting of Medellín (El Alumbrado), is a traditional seasonal event in Medellín, Colombia where the city hangs millions of Christmas lights, especially on and around the Medellín River, and holds light shows and other cultural events.

Chuck Merriman

Merriman was also appointed coach for the United States National Team for P.U.K.O. Championships in Medellín, Colombia.

Clásico RCN

The event is sponsored by Radio Cadena Nacional, which is one of the oldest and largest radio networks in Colombia, and by a network of Colombian business in Medellín "Empresas Públicas de Medellín".

Cristian Arango

Cristian Daniel Arango Duque (born 9 March 1995 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer who currently plays for Envigado in the Colombian league.

Cristian Marrugo

When he was 15 years old, he traveled from Cartagena to Cali, In that city he stayed a couple of years before arriving to Medellín to join Atlético Nacional where he got the Colombian League (2005).

Daniel Buitrago

Daniel Esteban Buitrago Tamayo or simply Daniel Buitrago (born February 27, 1991 in Medellín) is a Colombian professional football player.

David Ospina

David Ospina Ramírez (born 31 August 1988 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Nice as a goalkeeper.

Diego Serna

Diego Serna (born October 2, 1973 in Medellín) is a Colombian soccer player who most recently was under contract for the Syracuse Silver Knights of the American Major Indoor Soccer League.

Fabio Ochoa

Fabio Ochoa Vásquez (born 1957), son, convicted drug trafficker and former ranking member of the Medellín Cartel

Gildardo Gómez

Gildardo Biderman Gómez Monsálvez (born 13 October 1963, Medellín) is a Colombian football (soccer) player who used to play as defender specially in Atlético Nacional, where he won Copa Libertadores title, and Independiente Medellín.

Gonzalo de Sandoval

He also founded the town of Medellín in Tatatetelco, near Huatusco and south of present-day Veracruz; completed the pacification of Coatzacoalcos; founded the port of Espíritu Santo along the Coatzacoalcos River; took the best village (Guaspaltepeque) for his own; and consolidated the subjugation of Centla, Chinantla and Tabasco.

Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport

Many international tourists have to fly to one of Colombia's or Panama's largest airports (Bogotá, Medellín, Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla or Panama City) to be able to reach the islands.

Harold Bedoya Pizarro

Three years later he will be given the position of Commander of the Fourth Brigade in Medellín, Antioquia where he participated in anti-narcotic operations against drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.

International Poetry Festival of Medellín

The International Poetry Festival of Medellín (Spanish:Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín) is an annual festival held in Medellín, the second-largest city of Colombia.

Jesús Abad Colorado

He worked as a photographer for the Medellín newspaper El Colombiano from 1992 to 2001.

Johnny Torres

Torres was born in Medellín, Colombia, where his father and several uncles played semi-professional soccer.

José de la Cuesta

Born in Medellín, de la Cuesta started playing football with local Atlético Nacional.

Juan Guillermo Brunetta

: 2nd Pan American Championships, Track, Individual Pursuit, Medellín, Colombia

Kenny Gallo

Gallo also appears on the Discovery Channel show Flipped: A Mobster Tells All Kenny "Kenji" Gallo and Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, where he served as an expert for the Medellin Cartel in "Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel."

Kraftklub

Its first concert outside of Germany was at 19 September 2012, in "La Puerta Grande" Bar in Bogotá, thanks to the "Kolumbien mit K" tour promoted by the Goethe Institut - Colombia, which took them by Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, each one with two concerts respectively, and one in Cartagena.

Luis Fernando Herrera

Luis Fernando Herrera Arango (born June 12, 1962 in Medellín, Colombia) is a retired football defender.

Margarita Vargas

Margarita Vargas Gaviria (born October 2, 1971 in Medellín) is a Colombian singer.

María Luisa Calle

: 1st in South American Games, Road, Individual time trial, Medellín (COL)

Medellin, Cebu

The name Medellin is of Spanish origin which can be traced to a city with the same name in the province of Bajadoz, in the Extremadura Region in Spain.

Medellín, Spain

The second largest city in Colombia, Medellín, was named so in honour of this small village, as well as Medellín, Veracruz in Mexico, two cities in Argentina, and Medellin, Cebu in the Philippines.

Mundo Unico

Mundo Unico is a men's apparel company based in Medellín, Colombia.

Néstor Álvarez

Nestor was born in a poor family in Medellín, Colombia, at a time when civil unrest in the country would not end.

Néstor David Álvarez Gutiérrez (born April 11, 1980 in Medellín, Colombia), or simply known as Néstor, is a Colombian footballer.

Roberto Guerrero

Roberto José Guerrero Isaza (born 16 November 1958, in Medellín) is a former racing driver from Colombia.

Ruth Volgl Cardoso

She played in five World Chess Olympiads, playing first board for the Brazilian team each time: in Skopje 1972, Medellín 1974, Buenos Aires 1976, La Valletta 1980, and Luzern 1982.

Santiago Arias

Santiago Arias Naranjo (born 13 January 1992 in Medellín, Colombia) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a right back for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie.

Santiago Montoya Muñoz

Santiago Montoya Muñoz (born 15 September 1991 in Medellín) is a Colombian footballer who plays for Brazilian club Vasco da Gama.

Sonora Carruseles

Sonora Carruseles was grouped in the Colombian city of Medellin in 1995.They originally started as an experiment for Mario Rincón "Pachanga", who was musical director at Colombian based record company, Discos Fuentes.

Teng Bunma

A 1996 article ("Medellin on the Mekong") in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley

The development of the Aburra Valley occurred in the 1930s after a rapid population growth that produced a conurbation of Medellín, Itagüí, Envigado and Bello.

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

The Colombian town of Valledupar, in the Cesar Department, and Medellín are commonly mentioned, and the fictional town of Chiriguaná bears the same name as the Colombian town Chiriguaná.

Tlalixcoyan

Tlalixcoyan is bordered by: Alvarado, Medellín, and Cotaxtla and is on Mexican Federal Highways 180 and 190.

Tobón

Postobón, soft drink company founded 1904 Medellín, Colombia by Gabriel Posada and Valerio Tobón (whose names combine to form the name the Postobón)

Tucum ring

More recently, the usage of the tucum ring was revived by Christians linked to liberation theology, in order to symbolize the alliance of their churches with the poor and oppressed people of Latin America, especially by Catholics after the Second Vatican Council and the Episcopal Conferences of Medellín and Puebla.

Víctor Aristizábal

Víctor Hugo Aristizábal Posada (born December 9, 1971 in Medellín, Antioquia) is a Colombian retired football striker who scored 15 goals in 66 games for the Colombia national team between 1993 and 2003.

Villatina Massacre

On November 15, 1992, around 9:00 PM, eight children and one adult, all members of a Christian youth group, were standing on a street corner in east Medellín.

Zilia Sánchez

Her work is present in collection such the Corporación Bienal de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia.


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