Medellín is a municipality and capital city of the Metropolitan Area of Medellín, Antioquia Department, Colombia; it is the second largest and most populous city in the country, after Bogotá. It was founded in 1616 by Francisco Herrera and Don Campuzano. As of 2006, the municipality of Medellín has a population of 2.4 million inhabitants, making it the second most populated city in Colombia after Bogotá. Medellín also serves as the core of the Valle de Aburrá (Aburrá Valley) metropolitan area, the second largest in Colombia, with more than 3.2 million inhabitants, and a leading and productive industrial and urban center.