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Barranquilla (Latin American Spanish pronunciation: [baraŋˈkiʝa] ⓘ) is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia.It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port [5] in the Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319 [6] [2] making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá, Medellín, and Cali.
The Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC; Spanish: Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio) is the competition regulator in Colombia. It is the statutory body of Government of Colombia in charge of regulating fair business practices, promoting competitiveness and acting as the Colombian patent and registration office.
A SCADTA Junkers W 34 "Magdalena", circa 1920s. The airline traces its history back to December 5, 1919, in the city of Barranquilla, Colombia.Colombians Ernesto Cortissoz Alvarez-Correa (the first President of the airline), Rafael María Palacio, Cristóbal Restrepo, Jacobo Correa and Aristides Noguera and Germans Werner Kämmerer, Stuart Hosie and Albert Tietjen founded the Colombo-German ...
The Cámara de Comercio de Cúcuta or Chamber of Commerce of Cúcuta is a non-profit entity of the government of Colombia, attached to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism. The jurisdiction is the city of Cúcuta and its Metropolitan Area .
The Coast University (Spanish: Universidad de la Costa), also called Unicosta, is a private university based in the city of Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia.It was founded in 1970 by a business group led by Rodrigo Niebles De La Cruz, Eduardo Crissien Samper, Ramiro Moreno Noriega, Miguel Antequera Stand, Rubén Maury Pertuz, Nulvia Borrero and María Ardila de Maury.
Simón Bolívar University, also known as Unisimón, is a university located in Barranquilla, with a campus in Cúcuta, [1] Colombia, subject to inspection and monitoring by Law 1740 of 2014 and Law 30 of 1992 of the Ministry of Education of Colombia.
The neighborhoods of Barranquilla are territorial divisions that make up the five locations into which the Colombian city is divided: South East, South West, North-Central Historical, Metropolitan and Riomar.
The Barranquilla Carnival (Spanish: Carnaval de Barranquilla) is one of Colombia's most important folkloric celebrations, and one of the biggest carnivals in the world. The carnival has traditions that date back to the 19th century. Four days before Lent, Barranquilla decks itself out to receive national and foreign tourists to join together ...