Amagá

Amagá
Amagá
	Municipality and town
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Flag of Amagá; Flag	Official seal of Amagá; Seal
	Location of the municipality and town of Amagá in the Antioquia Department of Colombia; Location of the municipality and town of Amagá in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
	Amagá Location in Colombia
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Country	Colombia
Department	Antioquia Department
Subregion	Southwestern
Area
• Total	84 km2 (32 sq mi)
Population (2002)
• Total	26,954
Time zone	Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Amagá (Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈɣa]) is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The area was known for its coal and iron ore production and it hosted early iron works.^[1]

Notable places

The Forge (La Ferrería) produced the first steel in Antioquia and operated from 1864 to 1931. Its ruins are now a Rural National Monument.^[2]

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There is also a very famous touristic place which is called "El viaducto"(the path).

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↑ Bell, P. L. (1921) Colombia: A Commercial and Industrial Handbook (Special Agents Series #206) Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., [1] page 234]
↑ "Amagá: Atractivos Naturales y Recreativos" Cotelco (Asociación Hotelera de Colombia), in Spanish, accessed 17 June 2010