TRIP AROUND BARRANQUILLA, COLOMBIA 🇨🇴 IN 4K UHD
Barranquilla is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and second port in the northern 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.
Barranquilla lies strategically next to the delta of the Magdalena River, 7.5 kilometres (4.7 miles) (originally 25 kilometres (16 miles) before rapid urban growth) from its mouth at the Caribbean Sea, serving as a port for river and maritime transportation within Colombia. It is also the main industrial, shopping, educational and cultural center of the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The city is the core of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla, with a population close to 2.4 million inhabitants, which also includes the municipalities of Soledad, Galapa, Malambo, and Puerto Colombia.
Barranquilla was legally established as a town on April 7, 1813, although it dates from at least 1629. It grew into an important port, serving as a haven for immigrants from Europe, especially during and immediately following World War I and World War II, when waves of additional immigrants from the Middle East and Asia arrived. Barranquilla became Colombia’s principal port, and with its level of industrialization and modernity earned the city the nickname “Colombia’s Golden Gate” (Spanish: La Puerta de Oro de Colombia). In the 1940s, Barranquilla was the second-largest city in Colombia and one of the most modern cities in the Caribbean and in South America; later local administrations, due to widespread corruption in their ranks, brought about a decline in the standard of living. As government investment increased in other Colombian cities, Barranquilla’s national position was eclipsed.

Barranquilla , oficialmente Distrito Especial, Industrial y Portuario de Barranquilla, es la capital del departamento del Atlántico, Colombia. Está ubicada sobre la margen occidental del río Magdalena a 7,5 km de su desembocadura en el mar Caribe. En 1993 fue organizada constitucionalmente en distrito especial, industrial y portuario. Es el principal centro económico de la Región Caribe de Colombia, entre las actividades económicas destacan el comercio y la industria.
El establecimiento de la ciudad data de la tercera década del siglo xvii, cuando los sectores aledaños al río Magdalena se empezaron a poblar alrededor de mercedes otorgadas por la Corona Española. Durante la época de la Independencia, Barranquilla se distinguió por el apoyo de sus habitantes a la causa libertadora, lo que le valió ser erigida en villa en 1813. En la segunda mitad del siglo xix adquiere importancia estratégica y económica al iniciarse la navegación a vapor por el río Magdalena, lo que le permitió convertirse en el principal centro exportador del país hasta la primera mitad del siglo xx. Desde fines del siglo xix hasta los años 1930, Barranquilla fue el principal punto de entrada a Colombia de miles de inmigrantes y de adelantos como la aviación, la radio comercial y la telefonía, así como de varios deportes.
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