Carmen de Viboral
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Carmen de Viboral is a town and municipality
in the Colombia
n department
of Antioquia
. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia
. Carmen de Viboral is a small village that specializes in ceramics. Many shops allow visitors to see how ceramics and other handicrafts are made. It is located 54 km (34 mi) away from Medellín
, the capital city of the Antioquia department.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in the Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n department
Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...
of Antioquia
Antioquia Department
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...
. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia
Eastern Antioquia
Eastern Antioquia is subregion of the Colombian Department of Antioquia. The region is conformed by 23 municipalities.-Geography:...
. Carmen de Viboral is a small village that specializes in ceramics. Many shops allow visitors to see how ceramics and other handicrafts are made. It is located 54 km (34 mi) away from Medellín
Medellín
Medellín , officially the Municipio de Medellín or Municipality of Medellín, is the second largest city in Colombia. It is in the Aburrá Valley, one of the more northerly of the Andes in South America. It has a population of 2.3 million...
, the capital city of the Antioquia department.