Puerto Colombia

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Puerto Colombia
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
	[2]
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.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Alcaldia de Puerto Colombia - official website
• (Spanish) Gobernment of Colombia website

v • d • e Municipalities in the Atlántico Department Baranoa • Barranquilla • Campo de la Cruz • Candelaria • Galapa • Juan de Acosta • Luruaco • Malambo • Manatí • Palmar de Varela • Piojó • Polonuevo • Ponedera • Puerto Colombia • Repelón • Sabanagrande • Sabanalarga • Santa Lucía • Santo Tomas • Soledad • Suan • Tubará • Usiacurí

Coordinates: 11°01′N, 74°53′W