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Western Costa Norte

Atlántico is a department of , located in northern Colombia with the to its north, the to its west and south separated by the , and the to its east separated by the .
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or de Indias is a city and a world heritage site on '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.

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is the capital district of the Atlántico department in . It is located near the and is the largest city and third port in the ; as of 2018, it had a population of 1,206,319, making it Colombia's fourth-most populous city after , , and .

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is a municipality and city located in northern and the capital of the Department of . The city is located 50 km away from the Caribbean sea, by the .

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Mompox, officially Santa Cruz de Mompós, is a town and municipality in northern , in the . The town initially grew from its proximity to the and has preserved much of its colonial character.

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is a small town in region of by the Caribbean sea. It is a rather gritty and impoverished town with a murky beach, but the coastline both north and southwards from town is much more pleasant.

Western Costa Norte

Latitude of center
10.1° or 10° 6′ north
Longitude of center
-75.5° or 75° 30′ west
Population
2,720,000
Wiki­data ID
Q230882
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Western Costa Norte” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Atlántico”
  • Arabic: “إدارة أتلانتيكو”
  • Armenian: “Անտլանտիկո”
  • Asturian: “Atlántico”
  • Asturian: “departamentu d’Atlántico”
  • Azerbaijani: “Atlantiko”
  • Basque: “Atlantiko”
  • Basque: “Atlantikoko departamendu”
  • Basque: “Atlantikoko departamendua”
  • Belarusian: “Атлантыка, дэпартамент”
  • Belarusian: “Атлантыка”
  • Belarusian: “дэпартамент Атлантыка”
  • Bengali: “আটলান্টিকো বিভাগ”
  • Breton: “Atlántico”
  • Bulgarian: “Атлантико”
  • Catalan: “Atlàntic”
  • Catalan: “Departament Atlàntic”
  • Catalan: “Departament de l’Atlàntic”
  • Cebuano: “Departamento del Atlántico”
  • Chinese: “Atlántico”
  • Chinese: “大西洋省”
  • Croatian: “Atlántico”
  • Czech: “Atlántico”
  • Czech: “Departement Atlántico”
  • Danish: “Atlántico Department”
  • Dutch: “Atlantico”
  • Dutch: “Atlántico”
  • Esperanto: “Atlantiko”
  • Esperanto: “Departemento Atlantiko”
  • Finnish: “Atlántico”
  • French: “Atlantico”
  • French: “Atlántico”
  • Galician: “Atlántico, Colombia”
  • Galician: “Atlántico”
  • Galician: “Departamento do Atlántico”
  • Georgian: “ატლანტიკოს დეპარტამენტი”
  • German: “Atlántico”
  • German: “CO-ATL”
  • German: “Departamento del Atlántico”
  • Greek: “Διαμέρισμα Ατλάντικο”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα Ατλαντικού”
  • Gujarati: “એટલાન્ટિકો વિભાગ”
  • Hebrew: “אטלאנטיקו”
  • Hebrew: “אטלנטיקו”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אטלנטיקו”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז אלטאנטיקו”
  • Hindi: “अटलांटिको विभाग”
  • Hungarian: “Atlántico megye”
  • Iloko: “Atlántico”
  • Iloko: “Departamento ti Atlántico”
  • Indonesian: “Departemen Atlántico”
  • Irish: “Atlántico”
  • Italian: “Atlántico”
  • Italian: “dipartimento dell’Atlantico”
  • Italian: “Dipartimento dell’Atlantico”
  • Japanese: “アトランティコ県”
  • Kannada: “ಅಟ್ಲಾಂಟಿಕೊ ಡಿಪಾರ್ಟ್ಮೆಂಟ್”
  • Korean: “아틀란티코”
  • Korean: “아틀란티코주”
  • Kotava: “KolombiaAtlánticoWinka”
  • Ladino: “Atlantiko”
  • Latvian: “Atlantiko departaments”
  • Lithuanian: “Atlantiko departamentas”
  • Lithuanian: “Atlantiko”
  • Malagasy: “Departamentan’i Atlántico”
  • Malay: “Pentadbiran Atlántico”
  • Marathi: “अटलांटिको विभाग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Atlántico”
  • Northern Frisian: “Atlántico (Department uun Kolumbien)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Atlántico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atlantico”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Atlántico”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Atlántico-departementet”
  • Norwegian: “Atlántico”
  • Ossetian: “Атлантико”
  • Persian: “بخش آتلانتیکو”
  • Persian: “شهرستان آتلانتیکو”
  • Polish: “Atlantico”
  • Polish: “Atlántico”
  • Portuguese: “Atlántico”
  • Portuguese: “Atlântico”
  • Portuguese: “Departamento de Atlántico”
  • Quechua: “Atlántico suyu”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Atlantico”
  • Romanian: “Departamentul Atlántico”
  • Russian: “Атлантико”
  • Samogitian: “Atlantėka departaments”
  • Scots: “Atlantico Depairtment”
  • Scots: “Atlántico Depairtment”
  • Scots: “Atlántico”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Atlántico”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Roinn Atlántico”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atlantico (departman)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Atlantico”
  • Sinhala: “ඇට්ලන්ටිකෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව, කොලොම්බියාව”
  • Sinhala: “ඇට්ලන්ටිකෝ දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව”
  • Slovak: “Atlántico”
  • Spanish: “Atlanticenses”
  • Spanish: “Atlántico”
  • Spanish: “Departamento del Atlantico”
  • Spanish: “Departamento del Atlántico”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⵜⴰⵎⵙⵙⵓⴳⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⴰⵜⵍⴰⵏⵜⵉⴽⵓ”
  • Swedish: “Atlantico”
  • Swedish: “Atlántico”
  • Tagalog: “Atlantico”
  • Tagalog: “Atlántico”
  • Tamil: “அட்லான்டிகோ துறை”
  • Telugu: “అట్లాంటికో డిపార్ట్మెంట్”
  • Telugu: “అట్లాంటికో విభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดอัตลันติโก”
  • Turkish: “Atlantico”
  • Turkish: “Atlántico”
  • Ukrainian: “Атлантико”
  • Ukrainian: “Атлантіко”
  • Urdu: “اتلانتیکو ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Urdu: “اتلانتیکو محکمہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Atlántico”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Atlántico”
  • Wayuu: “Atülaantika”
  • Wayuu: “Mma’ipakat Atülaantika”
  • Western Armenian: “Աթլանթիքոյի վարչակազմ”
  • Western Panjabi: “اٹلانٹیکو ڈیپارٹمنٹ”
  • Wu Chinese: “大西洋省”
  • Yoruba: “Atlántico Department”
  • “Atlantėka departaments”

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