Barranquilla is the capital district of Atlántico Department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean Coast region;as of 2018 it had a population of 1,206,319,making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after Bogotá,Medellín,and Cali.
A private,non-affiliated institution,the University of the North,also nicknamed Uninorte,is the main academic center for higher education in northern Colombia. It is located in Barranquilla,Atlántico,the largest city and second largest port in the country's Caribbean region. It was founded in 1966 by a business group led by American entrepreneur Karl C. Parrish. It started academic operation on July 11,1966,with 58 students and 10 teachers in core courses of business administration and engineering.
The Carnival of 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 with the city's inhabitants to enjoy four days of intense festivities. During the carnival,Barranquilla's normal activities are put aside as the city gets busy with street dances,musical and masquerade parades. The Carnival Of Barranquilla includes dances such as the Spanish paloteo,African Congo,and indigenous mico y micas. Many styles of Colombian music are also performed,most prominently cumbia,and instruments include drums and wind ensembles. The Carnival of Barranquilla was proclaimed a Cultural Masterpiece of the Nation by Colombia's National Congress in 2002. Also the UNESCO,in Paris on November 7,2003,declared it one of the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity,and it was during Olga Lucia Rodriquez Carnival Queen year.
The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of 8 departments located contiguous to the Caribbean. The area covers a total land area of 132,288 km2 (51,077 sq mi),including the Archipelago of San Andrés,Providencia and Santa Catalina in the Caribbean Sea and corresponding to approximately 1/10 of the total territory of Colombia. The Caribbean region of Colombia is home to approximately 9 million residents according to the Colombian Census 2005.
Gustavo Adolfo Bell Lemus is a Colombian politician,lawyer,economist and diplomat who served as vice president of Colombia from 1998–2002 under the administration of Andrés Pastrana Arango,during which time he also served concurrently as High Commissioner for Human Rights of Colombia and as Minister of National Defence between 2001 and 2002. He also served as the Colombian ambassador to Cuba from 2011 to 2017. In 1992,as the 53rd Governor of Atlántico,he became the first popularly elected Governor of the Department following the enactment of the 1991 Colombian Constitution.
Silvestre Francisco Dangond Corrales is a Colombian singer. He attributes his talents to his father,the singer William José"El Palomo" Dangond Baquero,who during the mid-1970s recorded 10 singles with Andrés "El Turco" Gil;and his mother,who comes from a musical family and passed down her charismatic nature to him,while also playing a major role in his formal and personal education.
The Governor of the Department of Atlantico heads the executive branch of the government of the Colombian Department of Atlántico. The governor is the highest-ranking official in the department and is elected by popular vote. The current governor is Elsa Noguera De la Espriella.
Eduardo Ignacio Verano de la Rosa is a Colombian politician,businessman,and active member of the Colombian Liberal Party. He served as Governor of Atlántico Department from 2008 to 2011 and from 2016 to 2019,and as Colombian Minister of Environment from 1997 to 1998.
The 1st Division is a Colombian National Army division consisting on two brigades;The 2nd Brigade based in the city of Barranquilla and the 10th Armored Brigade based in the city of Valledupar. Its current commander is general Juan Bautista Yepez Bedoya,an infantry officer.
Alejandro Char Chaljub,commonly known as Álex Char,is a Colombian politician. He served two terms as Mayor of Barranquilla from 2008 to 2011 and 2016 to 2019. A civil engineer and member of the Radical Change Party,he was councilor for the Liberal Party in 1997 and in 2000 ran for the Governorship of the Department of Atlántico. Initial ballot results gave victory to his contender Ventura Díaz Mejía,but after a lengthy and often criticized process,the Administrative Supreme Court of Colombia reviewed the election results and found Char to be rightful winner of the race and allowed him to serve the remaining period of his term in 2003.
Fuad Ricardo Char Abdala is a Senator of Colombia serving his fifth term in Congress,albeit not all consecutively. He is the founder of Grupo Empresarial Olímpica.
Silvia Tcherassi is a Miami-based,fashion designer,born in Barranquilla,Atlantico,Colombia.
Daniella Margarita Álvarez Vásquez is a Colombian model and beauty pageant titleholder who holds the title of Miss Colombia 2011 and represented Colombia at Miss Universe 2012. In June 2020,complications in her left leg meant that it had to be amputated below the knee. She's of Spanish and Italian descent.
Alberto Assa was an Ottoman-born Colombian educator,translator and humanist of Sephardi descent.
Natalia Abello Vives is a Colombian lawyer and politician currently serving as the 13th Minister of Transport of Colombia in the Administration of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón.
The Coast University,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.
Míriam Nogueras i Camero is a Spanish business woman,politician from Catalonia who serves as Member of the Congress of Deputies of Spain.
Rosa Navarro is a photographer and mixed-media Colombian artist. Navarro was born on March 23,1955,in Barranquilla,Colombia. She was born in Hospital de Barranquilla. She is the daughter of Carlos Navarro Orozco and Rosa María Barandica. Navarro was exposed to the arts since her birth because her mother was an artist who worked with several mediums.
Xiomara Acevedo is a Colombian climate change activist. As founder and CEO of the NGO Barranquilla +20,she has argued for the inclusion of women and young people's voices in climate justice.
Jaime Alberto Pumarejo Heins is a Colombian information systems administrator and politician,and since 2020 mayor of the Special Industrial and Port District of Barranquilla,the main economic center of the Caribbean region of Colombia and the fourth most populous city in the country.
