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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 .
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.
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.
Ernesto Cortissoz Alvarez-Correa was an entrepreneur, born in Barranquilla, which along with four Colombians and three Germans founded SCADTA in December 1919. On June 8, 1924, while traveling in the Junkers F.13 "Tolima" together with other executives of the company, he died as a result of one of the first plane crashes in the country.
The University of Atlántico (Spanish: Universidad del Atlántico), also called Uniatlántico, is a public, departmental, coeducational, research university based in the city of Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia. It is the largest higher education institution by student population in the Colombian Caribbean region with 24,113 students, and a ...
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 ...
The Shaare Sedek Synagogue (Hebrew: שערי צדק; Spanish: Sinagoga Shaare Sedek) is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Barranquilla, Colombia. It was established by Sephardic Jewish immigrants in the beginning of the 20th century.