| Cocorná | |||
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  Cocorná
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| Coordinates: 6°0′N 75°0′W / 6°N 75°W | |||
| Country |  Colombia |
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| Region | Andean Region | ||
| Department | Antioquia | ||
| Sub-Region | Eastern Antioquia | ||
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| - Total | 210 km2 (81.1 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2002) | |||
| - Total | 21,552 | ||
Cocorná is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.
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Geography
It has an extension of 210 km², with a mountainous territory, with great extensions of forest, and with many important rivers.
Economy
- Agriculture, specially of sugar and maize.
Roads
Is 90 km away from Medellín, 1 hour and a half in car, by an excellent road. It also has roads to the Corregimiento La Piñuela, and the municipalities of San Francisco and Granada.
Tourism
Cocorná has been since 1980's a touristic place for many people, and since 2006, the government, believing in the all the potential Cocorná has for it, has been sponsoring economical investments in the area.
New hotels, and many projects that involve new jobs, are the result of that.
Sites of Interest
- Rivers where people can practice fishing, or simply enjoy the natural pools formatted by the river
- WaterFalls there's many and very near to the municipality
- Forest very well conservated
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Coordinates: 6°00′N 75°00′W / 6°N 75°W
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