Puerto Colombia

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Puerto Colombia
Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Colombia in the Department of Atlántico.
Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Colombia in the Department of Atlántico.
Country Colombia
Region Caribbean
Department Atlántico
Foundation
Government
 - Mayor Martha Patricia Villalba Hodwalker (Conservative Party)[1]
Population (2005)
 - Total 11,635
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Website:
www.puertocolombia-atlantico.gov.co/sitio.shtml

Puerto Colombia is a town and municipality in Atlántico Department, Colombia. Famous for its "Pier of Puerto Colombia". Duties were later transferred to the larger and modern Port of Barranquilla in Bocas de Cenizas, the mouth of the Magdalena River in the Caribbean sea.

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Coordinates: 11°01′N, 74°53′W

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