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590:952,3
584:70,00
566:663,0
560:78,00
536:35,00
518:555,2
507:Caldas
494:227,9
464:15,00
440:17,00
435:Itagüí
416:78,80
325:(hab)
289:, and
265:, and
243:Itagüí
215:, and
209:Itagüí
79:
1491:Bello
1461:Turbo
1408:Urabá
1383:Maceo
1373:Yondó
1340:Nechí
1292:Peque
1287:Olaya
1071:Anorí
910:Urrao
900:Tarso
810:Andes
805:Amagá
680:(PDF)
673:(PDF)
617:3 104
602:Total
593:1454
569:1425
545:1775
521:1750
497:1300
473:1550
449:1550
425:1575
422:3504
401:1450
387:Bello
368:1538
267:Amagá
239:Bello
217:Bello
108:Metro
1237:Anza
1106:Yalí
634:DANE
347:Map
273:and
150:The
134:US$
88:Area
786:and
596:18
572:26
548:16
524:22
500:42
476:14
452:11
428:10
404:10
245:).
166:in
125:GDP
1610::
624:—
621:—
371:0
344:)
342:km
335:m
320:]
304:.
285:,
261:,
257:,
219:.
211:,
207:,
182:.
174:,
158::
751:e
744:t
737:v
689:.
630:*
154:(
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