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BARRANQUILLA IS:

1-Colombia s lirst sea, air and river port.

2-The nearest South American city to New York.

3-Colombia s

second importan

~ty

50.000 (inh.)

4-Colombia

s

most lmportant industrial a

nd

trade

center.

5-The clty which boasts o the most modem wa-

terworks

in

Colombia.

6-Colombia s most efficiently electric-lighted and

powered city.

7-lts telephone

system is

of the automatlc type.

8-The city which

has

the heaviest motor trafflc.

9-The

city which

has

the best hotels.

10-The city which ollers he bes possibil iti

es

for

investments.

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A

fact ignored

by most

Americans

is that

the

nearest

South-American city to New York in

a

straight line is BA RRANQUILLA. in

Colombia.

1, 8 8 0 miles due

south

from

Broadway, 360

miles

north-east

of

the Panama Canal, and 11 miles

in

-

land from ts seaport,

Puerto

Colom.hia. you find

the

largest

coast town of the Republic of Colom-

bia,

a

thriving chy of 150 000 inhabitants standing

on

the

western bank of the Magdalena

River,

only

a few miles from its

mouth in the Caribbean Sea

This

city is

BARRANQUILLA,

Colombia's

most

important industrial and trade center

.

today po

tentially one

of

the

most

significant

of

al South

American seaports.

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