South America
Colombia
Santander Department

Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga Also known as the city of Bucaramanga is the capital and largest city of the department of , Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and is the ninth most populous city in the country, with a population of 613,400.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Alfonso López and Colegio San Pedro Claver.

Stadium
Estadio Américo Montanini is a sports venue located in the Colombian city of . It has a capacity for 25,000 spectators. It is the headquarters of Atlético Bucaramanga, club of the Categoría Primera A of the Dimayor. is situated 5 km north of Bucaramanga.

School
is a private Catholic primary and secondary school, located in , in the of . The school was founded by the Society of Jesus in 1897 and is named in honour of St Peter Claver, the patron saint of Colombia.

Stadium
Photo: Juan José Moreno Correa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a located in the municipality of , department of , Colombia. It is part of the Unidad Deportiva Álvaro Gómez Hurtado, which also includes an indoor coliseum with capacity for 2,000 spectators, used for sports such as indoor football, basketball, volleyball, and cheerleading, among other events that take place there. is situated 7 km southeast of Bucaramanga.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Girón and Floridablanca.

Photo: Moterocolombia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city in the Santander department of . It is 10 km from , and is famous for its colonial downtown.

Town
Photo: Chasen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a municipality in the department of situated at an altitude of 925 metres in the of the Colombian . It is part of the metropolitan area of the departmental capital . is situated 6 km southeast of Bucaramanga.

Bucaramanga

Latitude
7.0935° or 7° 5′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.1261° or 73° 7′ 34″ west
Population
581,000
Elevation
940 metres (3,084 feet)
Open location code
67V83VVF+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12858911366
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
3688467
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Bucaramanga” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوكارامانغا”
  • Belarusian: “Горад Букараманга”
  • Bulgarian: “Букараманга”
  • Chinese: “布卡拉曼加”
  • French: “Bucaramanga”
  • Georgian: “ბუკარამანგა”
  • German: “Bucaramanga”
  • Japanese: “ブカラマンガ”
  • Korean: “부카라망가”
  • Latvian: “Bukaramanga”
  • Lithuanian: “Bukaramanga”
  • Persian: “بوکارامانگا”
  • Portuguese: “Bucaramanga”
  • Russian: “Букараманга”
  • Samogitian: “Bukaramanga”
  • Spanish: “Bucaramanga”
  • Thai: “บูการามังกา”
  • Ukrainian: “Букараманґа”
  • Urdu: “بوکارامانگا”
  • Western Panjabi: “بوکارامانگا”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bucaramanga”. Photo: Jjintrovech, CC BY-SA 3.0.