ANTIOQUIA, an interior department of the republic of Colombia, lying south of Bolivar, west of the Magdalena river, and east of Cauca. Area, 25,516 sq.m. ; population (census 1896) 648,190; (1928) 1,01I,324. The greater part of its territory lies between the Magdalena and Cauca rivers and includes the north ern end of the central Cordillera. The country is covered with valuable forests, and its mineral wealth renders it one of the most important mining regions of the republic. The capital, Medellin—with population (census 1902) 53,00o, (1918) 120, 044—is a thriving mining, commercial and manufacturing centre, 4,8221t. above sea level, and 125m. from Puerto Berrie) on the Magdalena. Other important towns are Antioquia, the old capital, on the Cauca; and Puerto Berrie) on the Magdalena, connected by a railway with the capital.