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District and city in Caribbean Region, Colombia
Santa Marta
District and city
Top: Panorama of the Cienaga Grande de Santa Marta, 2nd left: Mirador in Cabo San Juan del Guia, Tayrona Natural Park, 2nd right: Santa Marta Cathedral, 3rd left: Statue of Simon Bolívar in Quinta of Saint Pedro Alejandrino, 3rd upper middle: Colombian National Pantheon in Barrio Mamatoco, 3rd lower middle: Santa Marta City Hall, 3rd right: Tribute to the Tayrona Ethnicity Square, Bottom: Panorama of Acuático El Rodadero Park
Flag
Coat of arms
Nickname:
America's Pearl (La Perla de America)
Location in the Department of Magdalena. Municipality (red) City (dark grey)
Virna Lizi Johnson Salcedo (2020–2023) (Fuerza Ciudadana)
Area
• District and city
2,393.65 km2 (924.07 sq mi)
• Urban
55.10 km2 (21.27 sq mi)
Elevation
15 m (49 ft)
Population
(2018 Census[1])
• District and city
499,192
• Density
210/km2 (540/sq mi)
• Urban
455,299
• Urban density
8,300/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
DANE
Demonym
Samario
Time zone
UTC-05:00 (Colombia Time)
Postal codes
470001–470017[2]
Area code
57 + 5
Website
Official website (in Spanish)
Santa Marta (Spanish pronunciation:[ˌsantaˈmaɾta]), officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (English: Historic, Cultural & Tourist District of Santa Marta), is a port city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fourth-largest urban city of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, after Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Soledad. Founded on July 29, 1525, by the Spanish conqueror Rodrigo de Bastidas, it was one of the first Spanish settlements in Colombia, its oldest surviving city, and second oldest in South America.[3] This city is situated on a bay by the same name and as such, it is a prime tourist destination in the Caribbean region.[4]
^"2018 census" (PDF). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), Colombia (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^"Santa Marta Postal Codes". Retrieved 2017-08-31.
^"Santa Marta historia y tradición" (in Spanish). Ministerio de Educación Nacional.
^"Colombia" (in Spanish). Decameron. Archived from the original on 26 February 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
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