# Salgar

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{{Other uses|Salgar (surname)}}
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|name                   = Salgar
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|settlement_type        = [Municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Colombia) and town
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|image_caption          = Mountains around Salgar
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|map_caption            = Location of the municipality and town of Salgar in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
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|subdivision_name1      = {{flagicon image|Flag of Antioquia Department.svg}} [Antioquia Department](/source/Antioquia_Department)
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|subdivision_name2      = [Southwestern](/source/Southwestern_Antioquia)
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'''Salgar''' ({{IPA|es|salˈɣaɾ}}) is a town and [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Colombia) in the [Colombia](/source/Colombia)n [department](/source/Departments_of_Colombia) of [Antioquia](/source/Antioquia_Department). 

With a population of 15,782, as per the 2018 census, Salgar is part of the sub-region of [Southwestern Antioquia](/source/Southwestern_Antioquia). 

The town was hit by a [massive landslide](/source/2015_Colombian_landslide) in 2015.

==References==
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{{Department of Antioquia}}

Category:Municipalities of Antioquia Department

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