La América in Antioquia
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Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport

Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport (Spanish: Aeropuerto Enrique Olaya Herrera) is an airport located in Medellín, Colombia, which serves regional and domestic flights in the country. Additionally, the airport is also used for a lot of general aviation in Colombia, and features several hangars for charters too. Due to the large number of general aviation and charter flights, regional and national, Olaya Herrera is the second busiest airport in Colombia by number of flights.

Located at 6.21972, -75.5903 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Airports in Colombia, Medellín

Pontifical Bolivarian University

The Pontifical Bolivarian University (Spanish: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana), also referred to as UPB, is a private university in Colombia with its main campus in Medellín, where it was founded in 1936. Currently, the university has campuses in other Colombian cities, such as Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Montería and Palmira. The university has a student and faculty population that was estimated at 21,368 and an alumni population of 44,346 as of September, 2006.

Located at 6.24245, -75.5898 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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University of Antioquia

The University of Antioquia (Spanish: Universidad de Antioquia), also called UdeA, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based primarily in the city of Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia with regional campuses in Amalfi, Andes, Caucasia, Carmen de Viboral, Envigado, Puerto Berrío, Santa Fe de Antioquia, Segovia, Sonsón, Turbo and Yarumal.

Located at 6.26742, -75.5684 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Estadio Atanasio Girardot

Estadio Atanasio Girardot is a multi-purpose stadium in Medellín, Colombia. It is currently used mostly for football matches by two local teams, Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín. It is part of the Unidad Deportiva Atanasio Girardot, which also contains other sports facilities. The stadium was built in 1953 and was renovated for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia reaching a maximum capacity of 45,000.

Located at 6.2568, -75.5902 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Coliseo Cubierto Mayor

Coliseo Cubierto Mayor, also known as Coliseo Cubierto Iván de Bedout is an indoor sporting arena built in 1955 that is located in Medellín, Colombia. The capacity of the arena is for 6,000 people and is primarily used for basketball. The arena hosted the basketball competitions for the 2010 South American Games.

Located at 6.25611, -75.5878 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley

The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley is the second most important and populated metropolitan area in Colombia. The region is made up by 10 municipalities being the most important and largest the capital city of the Antioquia Department: Medellín.

Located at 6.25, -75.6 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Regions of Antioquia, The Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley

Cerro El Volador

The El Volador Hill (Cerro El Volador, officially Ecoparque Cerro El Volador) is a colombian hill in Medellín, Antioquia, and the biggest protected area in the metropolitan area of the city. The park has 106 hectares and also is one of the seven tutelary hills in the city. Many of the first settlements into the Aburrá Valley were established in the hill, in the center-western zone, the actual Robledo. This hill is surrounded by the Quebrada La Iguaná (La Iguaná stream), at south.

Located at 6.26667, -75.5833 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Hills of Medellín

National University of Colombia at Medellín

The Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellín (also called Sede Medellín or UNALMED), is a public, coeducational, research university, is one of the satellite campus of the National University of Colombia System, which also has campuses located in the cities of Bogotá, Manizales, Palmira, Arauca, Leticia, and San Andrés.

Located at 6.26219, -75.577 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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