Oriente Antioquia

Local Zones of Peace: General Survey and Map; Associations 
 
                             ORIENTE ANTIOQUENO
                                                                                                                                              
Official Title: Asamblea Procincial del Oriente Antioqueno
Departamento: Antioquia
Region:
Municipal Members/Settlements: 23 municipios including Sonson & San Luis.
Overall Population:
Location: Ara east of Medellin. 
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IDP population:
Date of establishment: Sept. 2002
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Persons/organisations involved in establishment: Regional Council of  Mayors led planning process.
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Valued goods produced in region: E.Antioquia is the site of  major infrastructure developments, including for water and hydro-electric power, the Medellin-Bogota highway and a new airport -- all of which have caused disruption, displacement and conflict as well as a tradition of local organisation against indiscriminate development.
 
Local armed actors in the region:
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 Paramilitaries: region contained largest concentration of paramilitaries in Colombia.                                           
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