Barranquilla
Appearance
Barranquilla | |
|---|---|
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 / 10.96389°N 74.79639°WCoordinates: 10°57′50″N 74°47′47″W / 10.96389°N 74.79639°W | |
| Kintra | |
| 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 |
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.
Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sister ceeties o Barranquilla include:
Buenos Aires, Argentinae
Tampa, Florida
Nanjing, Cheenae
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ [http://www.registraduria.gov.co/reselec2007_esc/1028/x.html%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D%5Bdeid+airtin%5D (in Spaingie) National Registry of the Civil State: 2007 regional elections]
- ↑ (in Spaingie) DANE 2005 Census: Barranquilla
Freemit airtins
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