{{Refimprove|date=August 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Yolombó | native_name = | settlement_type = Municipality and town | image_skyline = Yolombó-iglesia.jpg | image_caption = | image_flag = Flag of Yolombó (Antioquia).svg | image_shield = Escudo de Yolombó.svg | image_map = Colombia - Antioquia - Yolombó.svg | mapsize = 250px | map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Yolombó in the Antioquia Department of Colombia | pushpin_map = Colombia | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Colombia | coordinates = {{coord|6|35|52|N|75|0|44|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} | subdivision_type1 = Department | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Antioquia Department.svg}} Antioquia Department | subdivision_type2 = Subregion | subdivision_name2 = Northeastern | established_title = | established_date = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = | area_total_km2 = 941 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | elevation_m = 1450 | population_total = 23958 | population_as_of = 2015 | population_density_km2 = | timezone = Colombia Standard Time | utc_offset = -5 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | website = {{URL|http://www.yolombo-antioquia.gov.co}} }} '''Yolombó''' is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Northeastern Antioquia, located 108 km from Medellín. {{TOC limit|4}}
==History==
'''Yolombó''' is an indigenous term that comes from the area. In 1535, Don Pedro de Heredia, the founder of Cartagena de Indias, discovered, in the Antioquian region, a village of indigenous people of the same name, Yolombó. The town was initially called, "San Lorenzo de Yolombó." No official date of its founding is known to exist.
In the middle of the 17th century, gold was found in the area and made Yolombó a celebrated and important town. Parish records revealed the growing prominence of the town by the settlement of high ranking Spanish families. Up until 1750, its prosperity earned Yolombó the name, Ciudad Illustre (Illustrious City). However, the prosperity was short-lived. Between 1760 and 1800 the gold mines were depleted with the advent and use of efficient mining technology. Following this economic decline, Yolombó was downgraded to a township of the city Santo Domingo in 1879 until 1883. In 1883 Yolombó was once again promoted to the status of District and Township and it has remained as such until 2009 when it became a municipality.
Yolombó has a diverse climate and rich biodiversity. At 1,450m above sea level, the mountainous landscape offers both scorching and frigid temperatures. It is known for its exotic agriculture, forests full of medicinal plants and precious wood, and is also a land that is abundant in water and pasture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yolombo-antioquia.gov.co/MiMunicipio/Paginas/Pasado-Presente-y-Futuro.aspx |website=Yolombo-antioquia.gov.co|date=March 3, 2017 |title= "Historia del Municipio" }}</ref>
== Demographics == '''Total Population''': 23,958 (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yolombo-antioquia.gov.co|title=Inicio|website=Yolombo-antioquia.gov.co|access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref> * '''Urban Population''': 7,216 * '''Rural Population''': 16,742 '''Total Literacy Rate''': 84.3% (2005)<ref name=repetida_2>{{cite web|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/perfiles/perfiles.swf |format=SWF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061129170418/http://www.dane.gov.co/files/censo2005/perfiles/perfiles.swf |archive-date=2006-11-29 |title=Censo oficial DANE 2005, Perfiles Departamentos y Municipios |website=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadistica |access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref> * '''Urban Literacy Rate''': 90.5% * '''Rural Literacy Rate''': 81.5%
According to DANE census records from 2005,<ref name="repetida_2"/> the racial makeup of Yolombó is composed of: * Mestizo & White (98.0%) * Afrocolombian (1.9%) * Indigenous (0.1%)
==Climate== Yolombó has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall the year round.
{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Yolombó, elevation {{convert|1540|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1961–1990) |Jan high C = 25.3 |Feb high C = 25.7 |Mar high C = 25.5 |Apr high C = 24.5 |May high C = 25.2 |Jun high C = 24.6 |Jul high C = 25.1 |Aug high C = 25.2 |Sep high C = 25.1 |Oct high C = 24.6 |Nov high C = 24.1 |Dec high C = 25.1 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 19.7 |Feb mean C = 19.7 |Mar mean C = 20.0 |Apr mean C = 19.6 |May mean C = 20.0 |Jun mean C = 19.6 |Jul mean C = 19.7 |Aug mean C = 20.0 |Sep mean C = 19.8 |Oct mean C = 19.2 |Nov mean C = 18.8 |Dec mean C = 19.6 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 16.6 |Feb low C = 16.5 |Mar low C = 16.7 |Apr low C = 16.3 |May low C = 16.6 |Jun low C = 16.3 |Jul low C = 16.0 |Aug low C = 16.3 |Sep low C = 16.2 |Oct low C = 16.1 |Nov low C = 16.0 |Dec low C = 16.5 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 71.1 |Feb precipitation mm = 100.1 |Mar precipitation mm = 159.3 |Apr precipitation mm = 281.9 |May precipitation mm = 336.9 |Jun precipitation mm = 244.5 |Jul precipitation mm = 224.3 |Aug precipitation mm = 288.7 |Sep precipitation mm = 345.9 |Oct precipitation mm = 367.5 |Nov precipitation mm = 243.3 |Dec precipitation mm = 105.2 |year precipitation mm = | Jan precipitation days = 5 | Feb precipitation days = 8 | Mar precipitation days = 10 | Apr precipitation days = 15 | May precipitation days = 16 | Jun precipitation days = 13 | Jul precipitation days = 13 | Aug precipitation days = 15 | Sep precipitation days = 17 | Oct precipitation days = 17 | Nov precipitation days = 13 | Dec precipitation days = 8 | year precipitation days = | source 1 = FAO<ref name=FAO>{{cite web | url = https://www.fao.org/land-water/land/land-governance/land-resources-planning-toolbox/category/details/fr/c/1028000/ | title = World-wide Agroclimatic Data of FAO (FAOCLIM) | publisher= Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations | access-date = 27 June 2024}}</ref> |source 2 = Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales (precipitation 1981–2010)<ref name=IDEAM1>{{cite web |url=http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios+Climatol%C3%B3gicos++1981+-+2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025712/http://www.ideam.gov.co/documents/21021/553571/Promedios%2BClimatol%C3%B3gicos%2B%2B1981%2B-%2B2010.xlsx/f28d0b07-1208-4a46-8ccf-bddd70fb4128 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |title=Promedios Climatológicos 1981–2010 |publisher=Instituto de Hidrologia Meteorologia y Estudios Ambientales |language=es |access-date=3 June 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
==Notable residents== *Sofía Medina de López – Colombian politician, first female Mayor of Medellín (1976–1977)<ref name=em>{{cite news|title=Falleció la primera y única alcaldesa de Medellín |url=https://www.elmundo.com/noticia/Fallecio-la-primera-y-unica-alcaldesa-de-Medellin/360220 |work=El Mundo (Colombia) |date=2017-09-28 |access-date=2019-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104163301/https://www.elmundo.com/noticia/Fallecio-la-primera-y-unica-alcaldesa-de-Medellin/360220 |archive-date=2019-01-04 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Yolombó in the media== '''Yolombó''' was popularized in part by Tomás Carrasquilla's historical novel, "La Marquesa de Yolombó" (''The Marchioness of Yolombó'').
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Department of Antioquia}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yolombo}} Category:Municipalities of Antioquia Department Category:Villages in Colombia {{Antioquia-geo-stub}}