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1,337 Articles of interest in Colombia

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  • Yarumal

    Yarumal is a municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia. Yarumal was founded in 1787 as San Luis de Gongora. Municipal status was granted in 1821. The current name of Yarumal comes from a local plant belonging to the Moraceae family, known i…

  • Radio Televisión Nacional de Colombia

    Señal Colombia Sistema de Medios Públicos (Spanish: Señal Colombia Public Media System, "señal" meaning "signal") is Colombia's state-owned national broadcaster, controlled by the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications.

  • Magangué

    Magangué is a city of Colombia in the Department of Bolivar. The city is located in the Magdalena River; 20 km north of the mouth of the Cauca River, the Magdalena River. According to projections, the city has a population of over 198,000 inhabitant…

  • Industrial University of Santander

    The Industrial University of Santander (Spanish: Universidad Industrial de Santander), also called UIS, is a public, coeducational, research university based primarily in Bucaramanga, Santander, Colombia. It is the largest by student population, and…

  • Guaymaral Airport

    Guaymaral Airport (ICAO: SKGY) is an airport located in the northwest of Bogotá, Colombia, serving the cities of Cota and Chía, Cundinamarca. The airport handles primarily general aviation traffic, type A and B, only VFR.

  • Fundación

    Fundación is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Magdalena. Its people are known as Fundanenses. The primary economic activity is livestock-raising, for production of both meat and milk. Other crops are: corn, yuca, oranges, banan…

  • Centro Comercial Santafé

    The Centro Comercial Santafé (English: Santafé Shopping Center) is a mall located in the city of Bogotá, Colombia. It is the fourth largest shopping mall in Colombia (the first largest is Centro Mayor in Bogotá), and the fifth in Latin America, surp…

  • Casa de Moneda de Colombia

    The Casa de Moneda de Colombia (Spanish for Colombian mint) is a Colombian currency museum based in the city of Bogotá. It was founded in 1621 as the mint ("casa de moneda" translates as "mint").

  • Canal del Dique

    The Canal del Dique is a 118 km canal connecting Cartagena Bay (at the town of Pasacaballos) to the Magdalena River in the Bolívar Department in northern Colombia. Its eastern portion forms most of the border between the departments of Bolívar and A…

  • Azufral

    Azufral is a volcano located in the department of Nariño in southern Colombia, 12 km (7 mi) west of the town of Túquerres. Its name derives from the Spanish word for sulfur, azufre. The volcano is considered semi-dormant but there are numerous fumar…

  • Operacion Fenix

    Operación Fénix (English: Operation Phoenix), was an attack by the Colombian military against a camp of the guerrilla group the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 1.8 kilometers (1.1 mi) over the border in Sucumbíos Province, Ecuador on M…

  • Uribia, La Guajira

    Uribia is town and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern Zone of the Cerrejón coal mines are located in this municipality. The municipality also contai…

  • Tabio

    Tabio is a municipality and town of Colombia in the department of Cundinamarca. It is located at 45 km (28 mi) from Bogotá.

  • Sonsón

    Sonsón is a municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia. Sonsón is located in Eastern Antioquia. It is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sonsón–Rionegro. Sonsón celebrates "Las Fiestas Del Maíz"- ('The Corn Party').

  • Salgar

    Salgar (Spanish pronunciation: [salˈɣar]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian department of Antioquia.

  • Ráquira

    Ráquira, literally "City of Pots" in the Chibcha language, is a municipality and town in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the subregion of the Ricaurte Province. It is famous in Colombia for its colony of artisans, who produce traditional northe…

  • Restrepo, Valle del Cauca

    Restrepo is a town and municipality located in the Department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. It was founded December 1, 1913 by Julio Fernandez Medina, Anselmo Rendon Nicanor Grisales and other settlers. It has been a Municipality since April 3, 1925…

  • Puracé National Natural Park

    The Puracé National Natural Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Natural Puracé) is a national park located in the Andean Region of Colombia, southeast of the city of Popayán in the Cordillera Central range. Its main feature is the active stratovolcano Pu…

  • Punta Gallinas

    Punta Gallinas (Cape Gallinas, "Cape Chicken") is a headland in northern Colombia and the northernmost point on the mainland of South America and one of the Extreme points of South America.

  • Puerto Boyacá

    Puerto Boyacá is a Colombian river-port town and municipality by the Magdalena River in the Boyacá Department, where is also considered a Special Handling Zone due to its port status. Its main industries are oil exploration and processing.

  • Puerto Asís

    Puerto Asís (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto aˈsis]) is a Colombian municipality in Putumayo Department. It is located on the west bank of the Putumayo River, downstream from the mouth of the Guamúez River, 75 km by road south of (Cardinal) Mocoa.