Currulao, Antioquia

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Currulao, Antioquia
coregiment
CountryFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Department Antioquia Department
Time zone UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Currulao is a Colombian coregiment[ clarification needed ] of the municipality of Turbo in the Department of Antioquia. Currulao became a municipality by ordinance 13 segregating from the town of Turbo as a Special Portuary District. But some months later the Court of Antioquia said that only the Congress of Colombia could solve the lawsuit. Currulao has 21,048 people and 474 km².

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