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Barranquilla

Barranquilla (population 1.3 million in the city and 2.5 million in the metropolitan area — the capital of the Atlántico Department of Colombia and the most important port city on the Caribbean coast of South America) is the city that gave Colombia its soul: the birthplace of the cumbia (the most important musical genre of the Colombian Caribbean coast — the fusion of African, Indigenous and Spanish musical traditions that became the national popular music of Colombia and spread across all of Latin America), the porro, the vallenato and the mapalé (the other fundamental rhythms of the Colombian Caribbean musical tradition); the home of Gabriel García Márquez (the Nobel Prize-winning author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967) — the most important novel in the Spanish language since Don Quixote: the city of Barranquilla (the "Macondo" of García Márquez's fiction — though the fictional Macondo is inspired more specifically by the town of Aracataca, 100km south of Barranquilla, where García Márquez was born): García Márquez lived and worked as a journalist in Barranquilla in the early 1950s at the newspaper "El Heraldo" and the café La Cueva with the "Grupo de Barranquilla" (the group of Colombian intellectuals and artists that mentored and influenced the young García Márquez: the literary café where "magical realism" as a literary style was first theorized and practiced)) and the city of the Carnival of Barranquilla (the most important carnival in Colombia and the second-most important carnival in the world after Rio de Janeiro (the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage since 2003): the carnival that takes place in the 4 days before Ash Wednesday with 1.5 million participants and the most complex traditional mask, costume and dance tradition in the Americas).

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Bogota

Bogotá (Santa Fe de Bogotá — the capital and largest city of Colombia, population 8.2 million in the city, 10.7 million in the metropolitan area, altitude 2,600m (8,530 ft) above sea level — the third highest capital city in the world after Quito (2,850m) and La Paz/Sucre) is the political, economic and cultural center of Colombia. At 2,600m altitude, Bogotá has a permanent spring climate (average temperature 14°C year-round — Bogotá residents call it "verano e invierno todos los dias" (summer and winter every day) because the temperature varies between 7°C at night and 19°C at midday, year-round, with no seasonal variation of note — the only variation is rain, which can fall in any month). Bogotá underwent a dramatic transformation in the 2000s under Mayor Antanas Mockus (the eccentric academic philosopher who became one of the most innovative urban administrators in the world, reducing traffic deaths by having mimes replace traffic police, replacing firearms with water pistols for New Year's celebrations, and creating the Ciclovía (the weekly car-free cycling program on 120km of Bogotá streets every Sunday, the largest such program in the world)). Today Bogotá is known for the Museo del Oro (the Gold Museum — the finest collection of pre-Columbian gold in the world), the Barrio La Candelaria (the colonial center, with the Cerro de Monserrate behind), Fernando Botero's paintings and sculptures (the Bogotá-born artist whose distinctive "Boterismo" style (the deliberate distortion of figures into voluminous rounded forms) is recognizable worldwide), and the best food scene in Colombia.

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Cali

This vibrant city located in the southwestern part of the country is known for its rich

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Cartagena

Welcome to Cartagena, a vibrant city located on the northern coast of Colombia. This stunning destination is a perfect blend of

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Medellin

An Overview of Medellin Welcome to Medellin, a vibrant city nestled in the heart of Colombia. Once known as the stronghold of the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar, Medellin has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past few decades. Today, it stands as a thriving metropolis filled with friendly locals, beautiful landscapes, and a rich cultural heritage.

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