Barranquilla
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Barranquilla (Spaingie pronunciation: [baraŋˈkiʝa]) is an industrial port ceety an municipality locatit in northren Colombie, near the Caribbean Sea. The caipital o the Depairtment o Atlántico, it is the lairgest industrial ceety an port in the Colombian Caribbean region wi a population o 1,885,500 as o 2011 in its metropolitan aurie, which maks it Colombie's fowert maist populous ceety efter Bogotá, Medellín an Cali.
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Barranquilla | |
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Municipality an ceety | |
Frae top left: The Maria Reina Cathedral, the North Barranquilla, the port alang Magdalena River, the costums, the Paseo Bolivar an cultural characters "Marimonda" | |
Eik-name(s): [La Arenosa, La Puerta de Oro de Colombia, Curramba La Bella] | |
Atlántico Depairtment. | |
Coordinates: 10°57′50″N 74°47′47″W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Region | Caribbean |
Depairtment | Atlántico |
Foundation | April 7, 1813 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Chiqui el Chihuahuaa (Cambio Radical)[1] |
Area | |
• Municipality an ceety | 166 km2 (64 sq mi) |
Population (2005)[2] | |
• Municipality an ceety | 1,148,506 Rankit 4t |
• Metro | 2,162,143 |
• Demonym | Barranquillero |
Time zone | UTC-5 |
HDI (2006) | 0.821 – high |
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