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Barrancabermeja
Sign in to saveBarrancabermeja () is a municipality and city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeja is known as the Oil Capital of Colombia.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Barrancabermeja
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Barrancabermeja 2.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Escudo de Barrancabermeja.svg
- Settlement.nickname
- Oil Capital of Colombia
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Barrancabermeja (Santander).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Santander - Barrancabermeja.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the town and municipality of Barrancabermeja in the Santander Department
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- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Santander
- Settlement.established_title1
- Foundation
- Settlement.established_date1
- October 12, 1536
- Settlement.established_title2
- Erection as City
- Settlement.established_date2
- April 22, 1922
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Provincia de Yariguíes
- Population
- 300000
- Area
- 1274
- Elevation
- 75
- Body of water
- Magdalena River
- Official website
- www.barrancabermeja-santander.gov.co/index.php
- Image
- Barrancabermeja, Santander Department, Colombia - panoramio - yesid ferney patiño … (3).jpg
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- Category:Barrancabermeja
- Commons category
- Barrancabermeja
- category for people born here
- Category:People born in Barrancabermeja
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Barrancabermeja
- inception
- 1922-04-22
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Encyclopedic overview
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Barrancabermeja () is a municipality and city in Colombia, located on the shore of the Magdalena River, in the western part of the department of Santander. It is home to the largest oil refinery in the country, under direct management of ECOPETROL. Barrancabermeja is known as the Oil Capital of Colombia.
It is located 114 km west of Bucaramanga, on the banks of the Magdalena River in the Middle Magdalena region, which is the largest municipality and second in the entire department.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barrancabermeja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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