Bello, Antioquia

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Bello Bello
Municipality and City
Municipality of Bello
Center of the city
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  ・Marco Fidel Suárez's Cradle ・Artist's City ・Cacique Niquia's Empire
Motto:  City of progress
Anthem: Himno de Bello (Bello's Anthem)
Location of the municipality and town of Bello, Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
Bello Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 6°20′N 75°34′W / 6.333°N 75.567°W / 6.333; -75.567
Country	Colombia
Founded	1676
Founded by	Gaspar de Rodas
Named for	Andrés Bello
Government
• Mayor	Lorena Gónzales Ospina 2024-2027
Area
• Municipality and City	147.8 km2 (57.1 sq mi)
• Urban	22.07 km2 (8.52 sq mi)
Elevation	1,310 m (4,300 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Municipality and City	481.901
• Estimate  (2024)[2]	588.462
• Density	3.3/km2 (8.4/sq mi)
• Urban	562.880
• Urban density	26/km2 (66/sq mi)
• Metro	3,312,165
Demonym	Bellanita
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Area code	57 +
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Bello (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbeʎo], [ˈbeʝo]) is a city and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia and a suburb of Medellín, the department capital. Bello is part of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley in the department of Antioquia. It is bordered on the north by the municipality of San Pedro de los Milagros, on the east by the municipality of Copacabana, on the south by the municipality of Medellín and on the west by the municipalities of Medellín and San Jerónimo.

It is the center of the development in the north of the Aburrá Valley (Spanish: Valle de Aburrá), and as a member of the Metropolitan Area of Aburrá Valley, or AMVA (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá), some public services are regulated for the Metropolitan Area. There are several nicknames for the municipality: Imperio del Cacique Niquia (Cacique Niquia's Empire), Cuna de Marco Fidel Suárez ("Marco Fidel Suárez's cradle"), "Ciudad de los artistas" ("Artist's city").