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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- 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”
Places of Interest
Highlights include El Embrujo Airport.
El Embrujo Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Felviper, CC BY-SA 4.0.
El Embrujo Airport is an airport serving Providencia Island, Colombia. 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
- Categories: island group and landform
- Location: Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands, San Andres y Providencia, Colombian Islands, Colombia, South America
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Satellite Map
Discover Providencia from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Providencia” goes by many names.
- 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”
- 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: “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، کلمبیا”
- 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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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Providencia”. Photo: Astromario, CC BY 3.0.