Barranquilla

Barranquilla
	City
Barranquilla
	Spanish Barranquilla
Flag	Emblem
A country	Colombia
The Department	Atlantico
The mayor	Alejandro Char Chalhoub
History and Geography
Based	1813
First mention	1629
Square	166 km²
NUM height	6 m
Timezone	UTC − 5
Population
Population	1 694 879 people ( 2005 )
Density	6 703.84 people / km²
Katoykonim	Barranca, Barranca
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+57 5
Postcode
	alcaldiabarranquilla.gov.co

Barranquilla ( Spanish: Barranquilla ) is an industrial, port city and municipality located in northern Colombia . The capital of the Atlantic department , is the largest port and industrial city of the Colombian Caribbean region and the fourth largest city of Colombia . This city is also known as the cradle of Colombian aviation and the colorful carnival .

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History

The city is known as the Colombian Golden Gate ( Spanish: La Puerta de Oro de Colombia ). At the moment, there is no exact indication of the city’s founding date, however the first mention of it is dated 1629 . Despite this, local residents prefer to consider April 7 as the day of foundation of Barranquilla - the date when the current status of the village was given to the current city in 1813 . In 1834, Barranquilla numbered 11,212 people (according to the official census), slightly less than the city of Santa Marta , and no less than half the city of Cartagena . By the beginning of the 20th century, Barranquilla became a major port. This city became a shelter for several waves of emigrants from Europe , as well as from the Middle East and Asia during the first and second world wars.

The first airport in South America was also built in Barranquilla.

In the early 70s, there was a project to assemble the Yak-40 Soviet passenger aircraft in Barranquilla. In 1972, one aircraft was assembled, and the project was closed ^[2] .

Climate

Climate Barranquilla
Indicator	Jan	Feb	March	Apr	May	June	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average maximum, ° C	31.5	31.8	32.1	32.8	33,4	33.0	32.9	33.1	32,7	32.1	31.9	31.5	32,4
Average temperature, ° C	26.6	26.8	27.0	27.5	28.1	28.1	28.1	27.9	27.7	27.3	27.4	27.0	27.4
Average minimum ° C	23.5	23.5	23.9	24.4	24.8	24.6	24.6	24.5	24.2	23.9	24.2	23.9	24.1
Precipitation rate, mm	five	one	0	25	92	104	70	102	146	182	79	24	830
Source: World Climate

View of Barranquilla from space.

View of Barranquilla from the Magdalena River.

St. Nicholas Cathedral

Culture

Carnival

Transport

Water Transport

Despite the fact that Barranquilla is located 15 km from the sea and stands on the river, this city has recently become a major port. Until the end of the 19th century, ships carrying goods along the Magdalena River used the coastal city of Cartagena, located in the southwest, as a port. They descended along Magdalena to the city of Kalamar (about 100 km south of Barranquilla) and from there followed further along the canal connecting Kalamar with the Caribbean Sea. Then the Magdalena delta was difficult to access for ships, and only special hydraulic works at the end of the 19th century changed the situation for the better. Measures to regulate the bottom along with the construction of the harbor of Barranquilla contributed to the transformation of this city into the largest port of Colombia. From here, Colombian coffee is exported by sea to all countries of the world. In addition to coffee, important export products are textiles, cement , chemical products.

Famous Natives

Carmen Villalobos (born 1983) is a Colombian actress.
Shakira (born 1977) is a Colombian singer.
Paulina Vega Dieppe (born 1993) - Miss Universe 2014 .
Sofia Vergara (born 1972) - Colombian actress, model, TV presenter.

Twin cities (twin cities)

Buenos Aires , Argentina
Tampa , USA
Nanjing , China
Kaohsiung , Republic of China ( Taiwan )
Tula , Russia

Literature

Barranquilla // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
The latest Atlas of the World with satellite images, Moscow , Astrel, 2007.

Notes

↑ Gorodetskaya I. L., Levashov E. A. Barranquilla // Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference book. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 41 .-- 363 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .
↑ Aerovías Cóndor de Colombia - Aerocóndor - Adquisición de Electras L-188. Pág. 4 de 11 (Spanish) . Aviación Colombiana (8 de mayo de 2009). Date of treatment February 14, 2013. Archived February 26, 2013.

Links

[этнохороним-1] Gorodetskaya I. L., Levashov E. A. Barranquilla // Russian names of inhabitants: Dictionary-reference book. - M .: AST , 2003 .-- S. 41 .-- 363 p. - 5,000 copies. - ISBN 5-17-016914-0 .

[2] Aerovías Cóndor de Colombia - Aerocóndor - Adquisición de Electras L-188. Pág. 4 de 11 (Spanish) . Aviación Colombiana (8 de mayo de 2009). Date of treatment February 14, 2013. Archived February 26, 2013.