Providencia

Providencia is a Caribbean island, and a part of the San Andres and Providencia Archipelago. It is politically a part of Colombia, but is geographically closer to Nicaragua.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Columbia
  • Also known as: “Isla de Providencia”, “Isla Santa Isabel”, “Providence Island”, “Providencia Island”, and “Providencia Island, Colombia”
  • Historically known as: “Old Providence Island”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include El Embrujo Airport.

Aerodrome
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is an airport serving Providencia Island, . The airport is located in the north east side of the island, in the limits of the Old Providence McBean Lagoon National Natural Park.

Providencia

Latitude
13.3504° or 13° 21′ 1″ north
Longitude
-81.3737° or 81° 22′ 25″ west
IATA airport code
PVA
Open location code
765W9J2G+4G
Geo­Names ID
3671696
Wiki­data ID
Q1138756
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Satellite Map

Discover Providencia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Providencia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة بروفيدينسيا (كولومبيا)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Providensiya adası”
  • Bengali: “প্রোভিডেন্সিয়া দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “isla de Providencia”
  • Cebuano: “Isla de Providencia”
  • Chinese: “普罗维登西亚岛”
  • Chinese: “普羅維登西亞島”
  • Dutch: “Isla Providencia”
  • Dutch: “Old Providence”
  • Dutch: “Providencia”
  • Esperanto: “Providenca Insulo”
  • Finnish: “Isla de Providencia”
  • Finnish: “Providencia Island”
  • Finnish: “Providencia”
  • French: “île de la Providence”
  • French: “Île de la Providence”
  • French: “Providencia”
  • Galician: “Illa de Providencia”
  • German: “Providencia”
  • Hebrew: “פרובידנסיה”
  • Italian: “Isola de Providencia”
  • Italian: “Isola di Providencia”
  • Italian: “Providencia”
  • Japanese: “プロビデンシア島”
  • Korean: “프로비덴샤 섬”
  • Korean: “프로비덴시아섬”
  • Latvian: “Providensija”
  • Lithuanian: “Apvaizdos sala”
  • Lithuanian: “Providensija”
  • Lithuanian: “Providensijos sala”
  • Persian: “جزیره پروویدنسیا”
  • Persian: “جزیره‌ی پروویدنسیا، کلمبیا”
  • Polish: “Providencia (wyspa)”
  • Polish: “Providencia”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Providência”
  • Russian: “Провиденс”
  • Russian: “Провиденсия”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Providencia”
  • Spanish: “Providencia”
  • Swedish: “Isla de Providencia”
  • Turkish: “Providencia Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Провіденсія”

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