Barranquilla
capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia
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Barranquilla is a municipality of Colombia[1]. Barranquilla ranks in the top 0.29% of municipality of colombia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,666 views/month, #3 of 1,026).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Atlántico Department[3]
- Country: Colombia[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Caribbean Sea[5], Magdalena River[6]
- Head of government: Jaime Pumarejo[7]
- Continent: South America[8]
- Instance of: district of Colombia[9], big city[10]
- Shares border with: Sitionuevo[11], Puerto Colombia[12], Galapa[13], Soledad[14]
- Twinned administrative body: Tampa[15], Buenos Aires[16], Miami[17], Guayaquil[18], Brownsville[19], Kaohsiung[20], Bethlehem[21], Maracaibo[22], Nanjing[23], Santo Domingo[24], Panama City[25], Málaga[26], Doral[27], Aberdeen[28]
- Legislative body: City council of Barranquilla[29]
- Executive body: office of the mayor of Barranquilla[30]
- Postal code: 080001 - 080020[31]
- Commons category: Barranquilla[32]
- Located in time zone: UTC−05:00[33]
- Local dialing code: 5[34]
- Inception: April 7, 1813[35]
- Official website: https://baq.com.co/[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:Barranquilla[37]
- Commons gallery: Barranquilla[38]
- Population: 1,274,250[39], 1,112,889[40], 1,326,588[41]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Barranquilla[42]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[45]
- Capital of: Atlántico Department[46]
- Official name: Barranquilla[47]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Barranquilla[48]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Barranquilla[49]
Why It Matters
Barranquilla has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Barranquilla is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]