What is Santa Fe de Antioquia?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Santa Fe de Antioquia |settlement_type = [[Municipalities of Colombia|Municipality]] and town |image_skyline = SANTA FE DE ANTIOQUIA-4.jpg |imagesize = 300px |image_flag = Flag of Santa Fe de Antioquia.svg |image_seal = Escudo de Santa Fe de Antioquia.svg |image_map = Colombia - Antioquia - Santa Fe de Antioquia.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location of the municipality and town of Santa Fe de Antioquia in the Antioquia Department of Colombia |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} |subdivision_type1 =[[departments of Colombia|Department]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Antioquia Department]] |area_total_km2 = 493 |population_as_of =2002 |population_total = 22764 |coordinates = {{coord|6|33||N|75|49||W|region:CO|display=title}} |timezone = Colombia Standard Time |utc_offset = -5 }} '''''Santa Fe de Antioquia''''' is a [[municipality]] in the [[Antioquia Department]] of [[Colombia]]. The city is located about 50 miles north of ''Medellin'', the department capital. It has a population of about 23,000 residents. ==History== It was founded by the name ''Villa de Santafé'' in 1541 by Jorge Robledo on the western bank of the [[Cauca River]]. It received the coat of arms and the title of ''City of Antioquia'' from King [[Philip II of Spain]] in 1545. It was promoted to the status of parish in 1547 by the bishop of [[Popayán]]. It changed its name in 1584 when it became the capital of Antioquia. It was a mining town from its beginnings and the gold mining operation has been the base of its economy. Its cathedral was constructed in 1799 and elevated to Diocese of Antioquia in 1804 by [[Pope Pius VII]]. In 1813 Antioquia was declared a sovereign and independent state with Santa Fe as its capital, a status it maintained until 1826, when [[Medellín]] was chosen as the new departmental seat. Due to the