Barranquilla

Barranquilla
Municipality and city
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Atlántico Department.
Barranquilla
Coordinates: 10°57′50″N 74°47′47″W / 10.96389°N 74.79639°W / 10.96389; -74.79639
Country	Colombia
Region	Caribbean
Department	Atlántico
Established	April 7, 1813
Government
• Mayor	Elsa Noguera (Cambio Radical)[1]
Area
• Municipality and city	166 km2 (64 sq mi)
Elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2005)[2]
• Municipality and city	1,148,506 Ranked 4th
• Metro	2,162,143
Demonym	Barranquillero
Time zone	UTC-5
Postal code	080020
Area code	57 + 5
HDI (2006)	0.821 – high
Website	Official website (in Spanish)

Barranquilla (Spanish pronunciation: [baraŋˈkiʝa]) is a city and municipality in northern Colombia. It is the capital of the Atlántico Department. With a population of 1,885,500 (2011), it is Colombia's fourth largest city after Bogotá, Medellín and Cali.

1. ↑ National Registry of the Civil State: 2007 regional elections^{[permanent dead link]} (in Spanish)
2. ↑ DANE 2005 Census: Barranquilla (in Spanish)