General Information

Barranquilla is a city located in northern Colombia. It is the only city in South America that was populated instead of founded. Barranquilla is located near the Caribbean Sea. The city is located in the Atlántico Department, of which it is the capital. 
Barranquilla is the largest city and port in the northern Caribbean Coast region of Colombia, with a population of 1,885,500 as of 2011 in its metropolitan area, which makes it Colombia's fourth most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín and Cali.








Barranquilla lies strategically next to the Magdalena River, from its mouth at the Caribbean Sea, serving as port for river and maritime transportation within Colombia. It is also the main industrial, shopping, educational and cultural centre of the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The city is the core of the Metropolitan Area of Barranquilla, which also includes the municipalities of Soledad, Galapa, Malambo, and Puerto Colombia.

Barranquilla has a tropical savanna climate. The average temperature is 28.4°C. Nevertheless, during evening and through the night, temperature can change due to the strong winds it receives. 

The typical dish of the city is plain rice, which is served with cassava buns. Very characteristic of the local cuisine is a pigeon pea stew with salted meat (which even has its own annual festival), sausage, cheese, fried arepas, caribañolas, pies, cupcakes, Patacón, black bean rice, chipichipi and Cucayo; noodles, drinks like raspao, boli, sugar water, tamarindo, zapote and níspero, coconut candies and Easter candy, cake, fish, shrimp and oysters, beef, chicken, pork and chicken dishes and pork rinds.