Gulf of Darién

The Gulf of Darién is a marginal sea of the Caribbean Sea . It is bounded by the northwest coast of Colombia and the north coast of the Isthmus of Panama . The most important coastal cities in Colombia are Cartagena and Barranquilla . The most important river is the Río Magdalena , which was so named during the conquest by the Spanish conquistadors of Rodrigo de Bastidas on April 1, 1501.

In 1509, the Spaniards founded San Sebastián de Urabá on the Gulf of Darién as the first fortress on the South American mainland.

literature

• Maurizio Alí: En estado de sitio: los kuna en Urabá. Vida cotidiana de una comunidad indígena en una zona de conflicto . Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes), Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Departamento de Antropología, Bogotá 2010, ISBN 978-958-695-531-7 .

Coordinates: 9 ° 32 '  N , 77 ° 5'  W