Barranquilla

Summary

Barranquilla is a municipality of Colombia^[1]. Barranquilla ranks in the top 0.29% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,584 views/month, #3 of 1,026).^[2]

Key Facts

• Barranquilla is located in Atlántico Department^[3].
• Barranquilla is in the country of Colombia^[4].
• Barranquilla is on the body of water Caribbean Sea^[5].
• Barranquilla is on the body of water Magdalena River^[6].
• Barranquilla's head of government is recorded as Jaime Pumarejo^[7].
• Barranquilla's image is recorded as Barranquilla Montage.jpg^[8].
• Barranquilla's continent is recorded as South America^[9].
• Barranquilla's instance of is recorded as municipality of Colombia^[10].
• Barranquilla's instance of is recorded as district of Colombia^[11].
• Barranquilla's instance of is recorded as big city^[12].
• Barranquilla's flag image is recorded as Flag of Barranquilla.svg^[13].
• Barranquilla's shares border with is recorded as Sitionuevo^[14].
• Barranquilla's shares border with is recorded as Puerto Colombia^[15].
• Barranquilla's shares border with is recorded as Galapa^[16].
• Barranquilla's shares border with is recorded as Soledad^[17].
• Barranquilla's coat of arms image is recorded as Escudo de Barranquilla.svg^[18].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tampa^[19].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Buenos Aires^[20].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Miami^[21].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Guayaquil^[22].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Brownsville^[23].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaohsiung^[24].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bethlehem^[25].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Maracaibo^[26].
• Barranquilla's twinned administrative body is recorded as Nanjing^[27].

Body

Geography

Barranquilla is in the country of Colombia^[4]. Barranquilla is located in Atlántico Department^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Caribbean Sea^[5], a sea^[28], in Mexico^[29] and Magdalena River^[6], a river^[30], in Colombia^[31]. Barranquilla's continent is recorded as South America^[9].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+1274250'}^[32], {'amount': '+1112889'}^[33], and {'amount': '+1326588'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include municipality of Colombia^[10], district of Colombia^[11], and big city^[12].

History and Context

+1813-04-07T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Barranquilla^[35].

Why It Matters

Barranquilla ranks in the top 0.29% of municipality_of_colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,584 views/month, #3 of 1,026).^[2] Barranquilla has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Barranquilla is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]