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Population Density Population Density in Barranquillain BarranquillaBenjamín Payares GonzálezBenjamín Payares González

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1.1. Where do I live?Where do I live?

2.2. Population Distribution Across Population Distribution Across BarranquillaBarranquilla

3.3. Population Growth in BarranquillaPopulation Growth in Barranquilla

1. Where do I live?1. Where do I live? I live in Barranquilla, at Carrera 56 Nº I live in Barranquilla, at Carrera 56 Nº

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2. Population Distribution 2. Population Distribution Across BarranquillaAcross Barranquilla

Barranquilla has a population of Barranquilla has a population of 1.148.506 people. It is the fourth 1.148.506 people. It is the fourth most populated city in the country most populated city in the country after Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The after Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The city is the central point of the city is the central point of the Metropolitan Area, which is formed Metropolitan Area, which is formed by Soledad, Galapa, Malambo and by Soledad, Galapa, Malambo and Puerto Colombia. This area has Puerto Colombia. This area has 1.821.517 people together.1.821.517 people together.

2. Population Distribution 2. Population Distribution Across BarranquillaAcross Barranquilla

CityArea

Km(2)Population Density Altitude Distance Metropolitan Area map

Barranquilla 154 1.148.506 7.458 4 0

                                                                            

Soledad 67 503.477 7.514,58 5 3

Malambo 108 105.957 981,08 10 12

PuertoColombia

93 28.565 307,15 5 13

Galapa 98 35.012 357,26 83 8

Total 520 1.821.517 3.502,91 — —

Fuente: Censo del DANE 2005[2] [3] - Web oficiales municipios[74] [75] [76] [77]

2. Population Distribution 2. Population Distribution Across BarranquillaAcross Barranquilla

The various quarters of the city are classified according to the 6 socioeconomic levels for residential property in Colombia. Levels 1 and 2 correspond to the southeast sector, southwest, northwest and northeast. Levels 3 and 4 to the south-central, the central and northern part, and levels 5 and 6 to the north. The 47.5% of the population is male and the remaining 52.5% is female. Approximately 57.9% of households have 4 or fewer people.

20.7% of the population aged 17 and over in Barranquilla are unmarried couples. 26.7% of the population of the city were born in another municipality and 0.4% in another country. 5.3% of the population in Barranquilla have some permanent limitation.

2. Population Distribution 2. Population Distribution across Barranquillaacross Barranquilla

Ethnic composition

13.2% of the population living in Barranquilla recognized himself as raizal, palenquero, black, mulato, Afro-Colombian or Afro-descendant; to 0.1% as indigenous. To complete the ethnic composition, the city includes the Caucasian races and small Semite communities (Jews and Arabs in the Middle East).

Education

The education in the city is regulated by the Secretary of Education, Mayor District Dependence. The city offers the national education system in the levels of elementary, high school and university, as well as multiple technical and technological institutions. In recent decades, Barranquilla served the student population, who could nor pursue higher education studies in the absence of institutions in their places of origin, by receiving them from other parts of the coast and from the rest of the country. This situation tends to decrease in recent years due to the increased educational coverage achieved in these regions.

3. Population Growth in 3. Population Growth in BarranquillaBarranquilla

Approximately 1,144,470 people live in the urban areas and 4,036 in rural areas. The population density is 6,918.71 habitants per square kilometer.

Today, Barranquilla begins to regain the momentum and spirit that characterizes it. Its growth and progress help recover the much deserved title of “The Golden Gate of Colombia”.

The rapid urban growth is generated because of the political and economic situation in Colombia, which makes the peasants move to the main cities in search of centers of economic development.

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