Debes visitar Barranquilla! Colombia #barranquilla #colombia #destinosturisticos

✈️🧳 🌍 Barranquilla in Colombia is wonderful!...you must know it! Barranquilla is home to one of the most important folkloric and cultural festivities in Colombia, the Barranquilla Carnival, declared a Masterpiece of the Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Congress of Colombia in 2001 and Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003. .​ Barranquilla, officially the Special, Industrial and Port District of Barranquilla, is the capital of the Atlántico department, Colombia. It is located on the western bank of the Magdalena River, 7.5 km from its mouth into the Caribbean Sea. In 1993 it was constitutionally organized into a special, industrial and port district. It is the main urban, cultural, political and economic center of the Caribbean region of Colombia; Among the main economic activities, commerce, driven by the river port located at the mouth of the Magdalena River, industry and services stand out. The establishment of the city dates back to the third decade of the 17th century, when the sectors surrounding the Magdalena River began to be populated around grants granted by the Spanish Crown. During the time of Independence, its inhabitants supported the independence cause, which is why it was erected as a town in 1813. In the second half of the 19th century it acquired strategic and economic importance when steam navigation began along the Magdalena River, which allowed it to become the main export center of the country until the first half of the 20th century. From the late 19th century until the 1930s, Barranquilla was the main entry point to Colombia for immigrants and advances such as aviation, commercial radio and telephony, as well as various sports. The population of Barranquilla is 1,327,209 people, the fourth most populated city in the country after Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The city is the nucleus of the Barranquilla Metropolitan Area, which is also made up of the municipalities of Soledad, Malambo, Galapa and Puerto Colombia. The conglomerate is home to 2,199,507 inhabitants, and occupies the fourth position among the country's conurbations. As the departmental capital, Barranquilla is the seat of the Government of Atlántico, the Departmental Assembly and the Superior Court of Atlántico, the highest judicial body of the department. The city was designated American Capital of Culture in 2013 and host of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. #travel #colombia #barranquilla #atlántico #viajes #walkingtour