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Barranquilla

South America

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. 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
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
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Tropical 3
Time Zone
UTC-05:00 2
Connections

Associated With

Atlantico Department, States or Territories

barranquilla is associated with atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Colombia, Countries
Source Barranquilla (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Atlantico Department, States or Territories

barranquilla is the capital of atlantico-department.

Source Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Barranquilla (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Barranquilla (; Latin American Spanish: [baraŋˈkiʝa] ) 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.
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,206,319
  • Infobox, Population year
    2018
  • Infobox, Area
    154
  • Infobox, coordinates (latitude)
    10.98333, -74.80194
  • Infobox, coordinates (longitude)
    10.98333, -74.80194
  • Infobox, Elevation
    18 m
  • Lead section
    Barranquilla was legally established as a town on April 7, 1813, although it dates from at least 1629.
  • Associated With: Colombia, Infobox, Country
    colombia
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. GeoNames: Barranquilla - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3689147
    10.96854 -74.78132 P PPLA CO 04 08001 1206319 24 America/Bogota
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 24 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -74.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 10.75, -74.75
10.75 -74.75 Aw
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Atlantico Department (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, capital
Quote, Infobox, capital
Barranquilla
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Wikidata: Barranquilla
Wikidata Q62823, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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