Costa Norte
The Caribbean region of Colombia or Colombian Caribbean is the northern, coastal region of Colombia located contiguous to the Caribbean. It is mainly composed of 8 departments.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Cartagena and Barranquilla.
Cartagena
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Cartagena or Cartagena de Indias is a city and a world heritage site on Colombia's Caribbean coast in the Bolívar. Founded by the Spanish in 1533, the impressive buildings from the Spanish time today make up a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Barranquilla
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Barranquilla 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 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.
Santa Marta
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Santa Marta, officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta, is a port city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Western Costa Norte and Magdalena Department.
Western Costa Norte
Atlántico is a department of Colombia, located in northern Colombia with the Caribbean Sea to its north, the Bolívar Department to its west and south separated by the Canal del Dique, and the Magdalena Department to its east separated by the Magdalena River.
Magdalena Department
Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located in the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea, with more than 1.3 million people. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River.
La Guajira
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La Guajira is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America.
Costa Norte
- Type: region
- Description: Northern part of Colombia
- Also known as: “Caribbean coast region” and “Caribbean region of Colombia”
- Location: Colombia, South America
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Latitude of center
9.67° or 9° 40′ 12″ northLongitude of center
-75.34° or 75° 20′ 24″ westWikidata ID
Q130185
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Venetian—“Costa Norte” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Karibeko erregioa”
- Basque: “Karibeko eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Карыбскі рэгіён Калюмбіі”
- Belarusian: “Карыбскі ўзьбярэжны рэгіён”
- Catalan: “Regió Carib”
- Chinese: “哥伦比亚加勒比地区”
- Chinese: “哥伦比亚加勒比大区”
- Chinese: “哥伦比亚安第斯大区”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞加勒比地區”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞加勒比大區”
- Chinese: “哥倫比亞安第斯大區”
- Dutch: “Costa Norte (Colombia)”
- Dutch: “Costa Norte”
- French: “région Caraïbe”
- French: “Région Caraïbe”
- French: “Région caribéenne de la Colombie”
- Galician: “Rexión Caribe de Colombia”
- German: “Karibische Tiefland”
- German: “Región Caribe”
- Greek: “Καραϊβική περιοχή της Κολομβίας”
- Italian: “Regione caraibica della Colombia”
- Japanese: “カリブ海地域 (コロンビア)”
- Japanese: “カリブ海自然地域”
- Japanese: “コロンビアカリブ海地方”
- Lithuanian: “Karibų regionas”
- Portuguese: “Região Caribe”
- Spanish: “Costa Atlantica Colombiana”
- Spanish: “Costa Atlántica Colombiana”
- Spanish: “Costa Caribe colombiana”
- Spanish: “Region Caribe Colombiana”
- Spanish: “Región Caribe Colombiana”
- Spanish: “Region Caribe de Colombia”
- Spanish: “Región Caribe de Colombia”
- Spanish: “Region Caribe”
- Spanish: “Región Caribe”
- Spanish: “Region Costena”
- Spanish: “Región Costena”
- Spanish: “Región Costeña”
- Swedish: “Colombias karibiska område”
- Swedish: “Colombias Karibiska området”
- Turkish: “Kolombiya’nın Karayip bölgesi”
- Urdu: “کولمبیا کا کیریبین علاقہ”
- Venetian: “Rejon caraìbega de ła Cołónbia”
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