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This municipality, called by its neighbors "Emporio de Riqueza" or "Model Municipality of Urabá", derives its name from the language of the indigenous people of the region, Catíos Embera, in whose language "carepa" means parrot.

Previously it was called Playa Veracruz. It was not until 1950 that the official foundation of Carepa took place on the land of a citizen known as Ramón “El Ronco” Jaramillo. The settlement grew with the largest influx of settlers who came from the neighboring towns of Cañasgordas, Peque, Frontino, Dabeiba and others. In 1983, Carepa acquired the category of municipality according to ordinance 7 of December 15 of that year.

Today, 2006, it is home to important military bases. Similarly, in the district is the Antonio Roldán airport, which serves the entire surrounding sub-region, and there is also the Zungo pier, from where bananas are exported.

Its people are happy and in its streets you can feel the coastal idiosyncrasy mixed with that of the Antioqueños from the interior, generating a great artistic and cultural wealth.

Appellative: Wealth Emporium and Model Municipality of Urabá.

Administratively, the district is divided into three townships, Zungo, Piedras Blancas and Embarcadero, and has 28 trails. It is connected by road with the municipalities of Apartadó and Chigorodó, and has a small airport.





Carepa is a municipality of Colombia, located in the Urabá subregion in the department of Antioquia. It limits to the north with the municipality of Apartadó, to the east with the department of Córdoba, to the south with the municipality of Chigorodó and to the west with the municipality of Turbo. Its head is 317 kilometers from the city of Medellín, capital of the department of Antioquia. Its area is 380 square kilometers.

Demography

Total Population: 47,884 inhab. (2009)

Urban Population: 34,511

Rural Population: 13,373

Economy

Agriculture: corn, cassava, beans, banana, fruit trees, bread

Intensive banana export

Cattle

Commerce





Parties:

Festivities of the Virgen del Carmen, July 16

Corralejas March 27 to 29

Festivities of san francisco de asís or san pachito

Places of interest:

Parish Church San Isidro Labrador, formerly called La Playa, inaugurated in 1974 and currently under construction the San Martín de Porres church

Natural heritage:

Zungo Pier

Town of Piedras Blancas

Carepa River.

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