Cocorná

Cocorná
—  Municipality  —
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Location of the municipality of Cocorná in the Antioquia Department
Cocorná Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°3′25″N 75°11′7″W / 6.05694°N 75.18528°W / 6.05694; -75.18528
Country	Colombia
Region	Andean Region
Department	Antioquia
Sub-Region	Eastern Antioquia
Government
– Alcalde	Hector Duque Ramirez
Area
– Total	210 km2 (81.1 sq mi)
Elevation	1,300 m (4,265 ft)
Population (2002)
– Total	21,552
Website	http://www.cocorna-antioquia.gov.co/index.shtml

Cocorná is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Part of the subregion of Eastern Antioquia.

Geography

It has an extension of 210 km², with a mountainous territory, with great extensions of forest, and with many important rivers.

Economy

• Tourism

• 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 1980s 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 are many and very near to the municipality

• Forest very well conservated

• Landscapes

Coordinates: 6°3′25″N 75°11′7″W / 6.05694°N 75.18528°W / 6.05694; -75.18528