Jericó is a town, municipality and Catholic bishopric in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the subregion of Southwestern Antioquia. The distance reference from Medellín city, the capital of the department, is 104 km (64.6 miles). It lies 1,910 m (6,266 ft) above sea level.
The town was founded on September 28, 1850, by pioneer Santiago Santamaría. It was established as municipality on 1851. During a territorial rearrangement on the country on 1908, Jericó became the capital of the homonymous department until 1911.[1]
In 2013, Jericó became the third municipality in Antioquia to be named a Pueblo Patrimonio (heritage town) of Colombia.[2]
^ Marca Colombia. "Jericó: Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia"
^ "GUÍA: Red Turística de Pueblos Patrimonio de Colombia" (PDF). Fondo Nacional de Turismo de la República de Colombia - FONTUR. Dec 2020. Retrieved 29 Mar 2021.
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