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Santa Marta (sän`tä mär`tä), city (1993 pop. 270,253), capital of Magdalena dept., N Colombia, a port on the Caribbean Sea. The city's banana industry, operated by the United Fruit Company, is one of the most important in South America. Santa Marta also has fine beaches and is a tourist center. Founded by the Spanish explorer Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1525, it was often sacked by corsairs in the 16th cent. During colonial times the city was important as an outlet for the Magdalena River valley. It remained royalist during the revolution and was liberated in 1821. Simón Bolívar Bolívar, Simón (sēmōn` bōlē`vär) ..... Click the link for more information. died on an estate nearby. Santa Marta a port in NW Colombia, on the Caribbean: the oldest city in Colombia, founded in 1525; terminus of the Atlantic railway from Bogotá (opened 1961). Pop.: 454 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The vast majority of trade leaves from the two Pacific ports of Buenaventura and Tumaco and the Caribbean ports of Barranquilla, Cartagena and Santa Marta. Santa Marta Hospital Foundation chairman Michael O'Flaherty of Westlake Village presented the 5-pound Lalique crystal trophy to 60-year-old Sister Guadalupe Alicia Guarneros at the Jan. At a second stage, other cities on the northern coast of Colombia like Cartagena and Santa Marta will be served. |
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