Olaya is a town and municipality

Municipality

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 located in the western region of the 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...

 in the Republic of Colombia. It borders to the north with the municipality of Liborina

Liborina

Liborina is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia....

, to the east with the municipalities of Belmira

Belmira

Belmira is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Northern Antioquia....

 and Sopetrán

Sopetrán

Sopetrán is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia....

 and to the South with Sopetrán and by the West with the municipality of Santa Fe de Antioquia.

Olaya is 100 kilometers away from the city of 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...

, capital of the Department of Antioquia. It has an area of 90 km², and is the smallest municipality in the department. Olaya is also one of the oldest municipalities of Antioquia.