Cities

Barranquilla

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General Reference

Geography Atlas. "Barranquilla." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/barranquilla.

APA Style

Geography Atlas. (n.d.). Barranquilla. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/barranquilla

BibTeX

@misc{geographyatlas-barranquilla,
  author = {Geography Atlas},
  title = {Barranquilla},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://geography.interactiveatlas.org/cities/barranquilla},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Barranquilla is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.

Facts

Population

1,206,319 1

Area (sq km)

154 1

Founding Year

1813 1

Population Estimate Year

2018 1

Elevation (m)

18 1

Latitude

10.98333 degrees north 1

Longitude

74.80194 degrees west 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Colombia

Source Barranquilla (Wikipedia)

On Continent

South America

Sources

1. Barranquilla (Wikipedia)

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Barranquilla is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.

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