Barranquilla (Spaingie pronunciation: [baraŋˈkiʝa]) is an industrial port ceety an municipality locatit in northren Colombie, near the Caribbean Sea. The caipital o the Depairtment o Atlántico, it is the lairgest industrial ceety an port in the Colombian Caribbean region wi a population o 1,885,500 as o 2011 in its metropolitan aurie, which maks it Colombie's fowert maist populous ceety efter Bogotá, Medellín an Cali.

Barranquilla
Municipality an ceety
Frae top left: The Maria Reina Cathedral, the North Barranquilla, the port alang Magdalena River, the costums, the Paseo Bolivar an cultural characters "Marimonda"
Frae top left: The Maria Reina Cathedral, the North Barranquilla, the port alang Magdalena River, the costums, the Paseo Bolivar an cultural characters "Marimonda"
Banner o Barranquilla
Banner
Official seal of Barranquilla
Seal
Eik-name(s): 
[La Arenosa, La Puerta de Oro de Colombia, Curramba La Bella]
Atlántico Depairtment.
Atlántico Depairtment.
Barranquilla is located in Colombie
Barranquilla
Barranquilla
Atlántico Depairtment.
Coordinates: 10°57′50″N 74°47′47″W / 10.96389°N 74.79639°W / 10.96389; -74.79639Coordinates: 10°57′50″N 74°47′47″W / 10.96389°N 74.79639°W / 10.96389; -74.79639
Kintra Colombie
RegionCaribbean
DepairtmentAtlántico
FoundationApril 7, 1813
Govrenment
 • MayorChiqui el Chihuahuaa
(Cambio Radical)[1]
Area
 • Municipality an ceety166 km2 (64 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)[2]
 • Municipality an ceety1,148,506 Rankit 4t
 • Metro
2,162,143
 • Demonym
Barranquillero
Time zoneUTC-5
HDI (2006)0.821 – high

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