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Jericó
Municipality and town
Catedral de Jericó-antioquia.JPG
Flag of Jericó
Flag
 Official seal of Jericó
Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Jericó in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Jericó in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Jericó is located in Colombia
Jericó
Jericó
Location in Colombia
Country  Colombia
Department Antioquia Department
Subregion Southwestern
Area
 • Municipality and town 193 km2 (74.5 sq mi)
Elevation
1,910 m (6,266 ft)
Population
 (2015)
 • Municipality and town 12,103
 • Urban
8,460
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website Official website: http://www.jerico-antioquia.gov.co/

Jericó is a town, municipality and Catholic bishopric in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The distance reference from Medellín city, the capital of the department, is 104 km (64.6 miles).

History

The town was founded on September 28, 1850, by pioneer Santiago Santamaría. It was established as municipality on 1851. During a territorial rearrangement on the country on 1908, Jericó became the capital of the homonymous department until 1911.

In 2013, Jericó became the third municipality in Antioquia to be named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia.

Religion

Its Catedral de Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy, is the episcopal cathedral see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jericó (founded 1915, when the first cathedral was built). Due to some damages, the first church had to be replaced by the present cathedral, since 1949. The town is the birthplace of Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena, canonized as saint by Pope Francis on 2013.

Notable people from Jericó

  • Héctor Abad Gómez
  • Francisco Luis Lema
  • Manuel Mejía Vallejo
  • Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena
  • Jesusita Vallejo
  • José Restrepo Jaramillo

Sites of Interest

  • Botanical Garden
  • Cristo Salvador viewpoint
  • Bomarzo cultural center
  • Cerro Las Nubes natural reserve and viewpoint
  • Casa Museo de Santa Laura
  • Centro de Historia
  • Museo Antropologico y de Arte (MAJA)
  • Museo de Arte Religioso

See also

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