Baranoa
Sign in to saveBaranoa is a municipality and city in the Colombian department of Atlántico and widely known for being the birth city of the very first documented black president of Colombia, Juan José Nieto Gil. Its geographical location has historically led to the coining of the name "El corazón alegre del Atlántico", ("The happy heart of the Atlantic" in English), since it is located almost exactly in the center of the department.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Baranoa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Baranoa (Atlántico).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Atlántico - Baranoa.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the city of Baranoa in the Department of Atlántico.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Caribbean
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Atlántico
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Roberto Celedón Venegas 2020 - 2023
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1543
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 121.3
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Wikidata facts
- Demonym
- Baranoera
- Population
- 50261
- Area
- 127
- Elevation
- 118
- Official website
- www.baranoa-atlantico.gov.co
- Image
- IglesiadeSantaAnaBaranoa.jpg
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- inception
- 1543-07-26
- Commons category
- Baranoa Municipality
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Baranoa is a municipality and city in the Colombian department of Atlántico and widely known for being the birth city of the very first documented black president of Colombia, Juan José Nieto Gil. Its geographical location has historically led to the coining of the name "El corazón alegre del Atlántico", ("The happy heart of the Atlantic" in English), since it is located almost exactly in the center of the department.
==Geography== The municipality occupies an area of 121.3 km2, including rural, urban, suburban and protected land.
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