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Atlantico Department

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Atlantico Department is a department of Colombia on the Caribbean coast in the north of the country, the third-smallest of Colombia's thirty-two departments by area but the fifth-largest by population. It had a population of 2,535,517 in 2018 across an area of about 3,388 square kilometers, and its capital is Barranquilla. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Capital
Barranquilla 1
Population
2,535,517 1
2018 figure from Atlantico Department's own Wikipedia infobox.
Population Estimate Year
2018 1
Area (sq km)
3388 1
Admission Year
1910 2
Latitude
10.983 degrees north 1
Longitude
74.783 degrees west 1
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Associated With

Barranquilla, Cities

barranquilla is associated with atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Colombia, Countries

Atlantico Department is a department of Colombia.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Barranquilla, Cities

barranquilla is the capital of atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Atlántico (Spanish pronunciation: [aðˈlantiko], English: Atlantic) is a department of Colombia in the north of the country, with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south across the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east across the Magdalena River. Despite having the third-smallest area among Colombia's thirty-two departments, it is the fifth-largest by population with 2,535,517.
  • Infobox, capital
    Barranquilla
  • Infobox, population
    2,535,517 (2018)
  • Infobox: area_total_km2
    3388
  • Part Of: Colombia, Lead paragraph
    English: Atlantic) is a department of Colombia
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2. Wikidata: Atlantico Department
Wikidata Q230882, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source

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