Turbo (Colombia)

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Coordinates: 8 ° 6 ′  N , 76 ° 44 ′  W
Map: Colombia
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Turbo on the map of Colombia
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Location of the municipality of Turbo on the map of Antioquia
Basic data
Country Colombia
Department Antioquia
Residents 176,813  (2019)
City insignia
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Detailed data
surface 3,055 km 2
Population density 58 people / km 2
height 2  m
Time zone UTC -5
City Presidency Andrés Felipe Maturana González (2020-2023)
Website www.turbo-antioquia.gov.co
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Turbo is a municipality ( municipio ) in the Department of Antioquia in northern Colombia . It is located on the Gulf of Urabá on the Caribbean Sea and is primarily known as a port city and border town to Panama , even if the border is 50 km to the northwest and there is no accessible connection to this country for cars or other motor vehicles (except off-road motorcycles).

geography

Turbo is located in the extreme northwest of the Antioquia department , 373 km northwest of the department capital Medellín . Turbo is the largest municipality in Antioquia in terms of area. The average temperature is 28 ° C. The municipality borders on Necoclí and Arboletas to the north, San Pedro de Urabá , Apartadó , Carepa and Chigorodó to the east, Mutatá to the south and Riosucio and Unguía to the west , both in the Chocó department .

Part of the Los Katíos National Park is located in the Turbo area .

population

The municipality Turbo has 176,813 inhabitants, of which 70,897 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality (as of 2019).

economy

Turbo is the center of northern Colombia's banana production , which is also shipped and exported here. Since this form of agriculture was booming for a long time, the population of the city grew very quickly, especially in the 1980s . This created so-called slums on the outskirts of the city . The majority of the population consists of Afro-Colombians .

The city is notorious as a metropolis of smuggling , as it is the closest port city to Panama. The smuggled goods are brought into the relatively confusing coastal areas of Panama in small ships or from there via Turbo to Colombia. This is also associated with a relatively high crime rate in the city.

Facilities

The most important migration office in northwest Colombia is located in Turbo. It is practically inevitable to visit the city if you want to enter Panama by the cumbersome land route, as you can only do the necessary formalities here. See also Darién .

In Turbo there is a location of the Universidad de Antioquia .

The Colombian second division soccer team Leones FC was based in Turbo in 2015-2016 and played its home games at the Estadio John Jairo Tréllez , which has a capacity of around 12,000 spectators. The club was previously located in Bello and Rionegro and known under the name Deportivo Rionegro . The club is the only one that has participated in all seasons of the Colombian second division. Leones moved to Itagüí in 2016 .

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Turbo  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Turbo - Antioquia, accessed on May 14, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
  2. ↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 14, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).
  3. ↑ Urabá. Universidad de Antioquia, accessed on May 14, 2019 (Spanish, location information in Turbo).
  4. ^ Andrés Felipe Bedoya Serna: Rugirán en Turbo. elmundo.com, January 24, 2015, accessed May 14, 2019 (Spanish).
  5. ↑ Leones FC jugará en Itagüí. codigofutbol.co, September 28, 2016, accessed May 14, 2019 (Spanish).