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Straddling the coast are Colombia's two main Atlantic port cities of <a href="/wiki/Barranquilla" title="Barranquilla">Barranquilla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia" title="Cartagena, Colombia">Cartagena</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The administration of the region is covered by eight <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">department</a> governments: <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department" title="Atlántico Department">Atlántico</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department" title="Bolívar Department">Bolívar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cesar_Department" title="Cesar Department">Cesar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Department" title="Córdoba Department">Córdoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a>, <a href="/wiki/La_Guajira" class="mw-redirect" title="La Guajira">La Guajira</a> and <a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés and Providencia</a>. These eight departments also cover approximately 182 <a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Colombia" title="Municipalities of Colombia">municipalities</a>, 1,093 <i><a href="/wiki/Corregimiento" title="Corregimiento">corregimientos</a></i> and 493 <i>caserios</i> according to the 2018 Census by <a href="/wiki/National_Administrative_Department_of_Statistics_(Colombia)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Administrative Department of Statistics (Colombia)">DANE Colombia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Censo_Caribe_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Censo_Caribe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of its inhabitants speak a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Spanish" title="Caribbean Spanish">Caribbean Spanish</a> with variations within its subregions.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Departments_of_Colombia" title="Departments of Colombia">Departments of Colombia</a></div> <p>Eight departments form the Caribbean region: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Department </th> <th>Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department" title="Atlántico Department">Atlántico Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department" title="Bolívar Department">Bolívar Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cesar_Department" title="Cesar Department">Cesar Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Department" title="Córdoba Department">Córdoba Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Department" title="La Guajira Department">La Guajira Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena Department</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés and Providencia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a></li></ul> </td> <td> <ul><li>City of <a href="/wiki/Barranquilla" title="Barranquilla">Barranquilla</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia" title="Cartagena, Colombia">Cartagena</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Valledupar" title="Valledupar">Valledupar</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Monter%C3%ADa" title="Montería">Montería</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Riohacha" title="Riohacha">Riohacha</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/San_Andr%C3%A9s,_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia" title="San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia">San Andrés</a></li> <li>City of <a href="/wiki/Sincelejo" title="Sincelejo">Sincelejo</a></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Partial territory pertaining to:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antioquia_Department" title="Antioquia Department">Antioquia Department</a>: in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Urab%C3%A1" title="Gulf of Urabá">Gulf of Urabá</a> most of the territory of the subregion of <a href="/wiki/Urab%C3%A1_Antioquia" title="Urabá Antioquia">Urabá Antioquia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choc%C3%B3_Department" title="Chocó Department">Chocó Department</a>: covering a small territory in the Gulf of Urabá. Chocó is the only Department of Colombia with coasts on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is considered the only tri-racial region, giving it the status of the most diverse and mixed region in the country, as the predominant ethnic group in the region is the <a href="/wiki/Pardo" title="Pardo">Pardo</a>, a mixture of <a href="/wiki/European_ethnic_groups" class="mw-redirect" title="European ethnic groups">European</a>, mainly <a href="/wiki/Spanish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish people">Spanish</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_in_Colombia" title="Indigenous peoples in Colombia">indigenous peoples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Afro-Colombian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Colombian">Afro-Colombian</a> unlike the other regions, where predominantly <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Castizo" title="Castizo">Castizo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mestizo" title="Mestizo">Mestizo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Andean_natural_region" title="Andean natural region">Andean Region</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orinoqu%C3%ADa_natural_region" title="Orinoquía natural region">Orinoquia Region</a> and black as is the case of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific/Choc%C3%B3_natural_region" title="Pacific/Chocó natural region">Pacific Region</a>. During the 19th and 20th century, a wave of immigrants came from <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, mostly from <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palestine_(region)" title="Palestine (region)">Palestine</a> . A second wave followed during World War II from other parts of Europe such as <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ukraine" title="Ukraine">Ukraine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">the Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jews" title="Jews">Jews</a> from other countries affected by the war. There were also important settlements of <a href="/wiki/British_people" title="British people">British</a>, <a href="/wiki/White_Americans" title="White Americans">White Americans</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canadians" title="Canadians">Canadians</a> who founded dozens schools such as <a href="/wiki/Marymount_International_School_Barranquilla" title="Marymount International School Barranquilla">Marymount International School Barranquilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colegio_Karl_C._Parrish" title="Colegio Karl C. Parrish">Colegio Karl C. Parrish</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colegio_Jorge_Washington" title="Colegio Jorge Washington">Colegio Jorge Washington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colegio_Albania" title="Colegio Albania">Colegio Albania</a>, Colegio Británico de <a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia" title="Cartagena, Colombia">Cartagena</a>, Colegio Británico de <a href="/wiki/Monter%C3%ADa" title="Montería">Monteria</a>, Altamira International School, British International School Barranquilla, Boston International School Barranquilla, American School Barranquilla, Bureche School of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a>, and Cartagena International School among many others across the region. Most of the immigrants settled in the main urban centers or trade port towns such as in <a href="/wiki/Barranquilla" title="Barranquilla">Barranquilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Colombia" title="Cartagena, Colombia">Cartagena</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monter%C3%ADa" title="Montería">Monteria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sincelejo" title="Sincelejo">Sincelejo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Mompox" title="Santa Cruz de Mompox">Santa Cruz de Mompox</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_Lorica" title="Santa Cruz de Lorica">Santa Cruz de Lorica</a>, <a href="/wiki/El_Banco" class="mw-redirect" title="El Banco">El Banco</a>, etc. The two most populous indigenous ethnic groups are the <a href="/wiki/Wayuu" class="mw-redirect" title="Wayuu">wayuu</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Guajira_Peninsula" title="Guajira Peninsula">Guajira Peninsula</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Arhuacos" class="mw-redirect" title="Arhuacos">Arhuacos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koguis" class="mw-redirect" title="Koguis">Koguis</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Arsarios&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Arsarios (page does not exist)">Arsarios</a>. Black population is mostly concentrated near Cartagena predominantly in the town of <a href="/wiki/San_Basilio_de_Palenque" title="San Basilio de Palenque">San Basilio de Palenque</a>, which was proclaimed <a href="/wiki/Masterpiece_of_the_Oral_and_Intangible_Heritage_of_Humanity" class="mw-redirect" title="Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity">Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity</a> by <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> for preserving its African heritage. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Population according to 2018 Census Report by DANE<sup id="cite_ref-Censo_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Censo-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Censo_Caribe_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Censo_Caribe-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Department </th> <th>2018 Census </th> <th>2005 Census </th> <th>Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A1ntico_Department" title="Atlántico Department">Atlántico</a> </td> <td>2,835,509 </td> <td>2,112,001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barranquilla" title="Barranquilla">Barranquilla</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bol%C3%ADvar_Department" title="Bolívar Department">Bolívar</a> </td> <td>2,258,929 </td> <td>1,836,640 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cartagena_de_Indias" class="mw-redirect" title="Cartagena de Indias">Cartagena de Indias</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cesar_Department" title="Cesar Department">Cesar</a> </td> <td>1,359,719 </td> <td>878,437 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Valledupar" title="Valledupar">Valledupar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba_Department" title="Córdoba Department">Córdoba</a> </td> <td>1,868,166 </td> <td>1,462,909 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Monter%C3%ADa" title="Montería">Montería</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/La_Guajira_Department" title="La Guajira Department">La Guajira</a> </td> <td>1,015,909 </td> <td>655,943 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Riohacha" title="Riohacha">Riohacha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Magdalena_Department" title="Magdalena Department">Magdalena</a> </td> <td>1,476,665 </td> <td>1,136,819 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Archipelago_of_San_Andr%C3%A9s,_Providencia_and_Santa_Catalina" title="Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina">San Andrés and Providencia</a> </td> <td>65,663 </td> <td>55,426 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Andr%C3%A9s,_San_Andr%C3%A9s_y_Providencia" title="San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia">San Andrés</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sucre_Department" title="Sucre Department">Sucre</a> </td> <td>981,727 </td> <td>762,263 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sincelejo" title="Sincelejo">Sincelejo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Total Caribbean </td> <td>11,796,624 </td> <td>8,900,438 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The economy of the Caribbean region is based mainly in the exploitation of natural resources such as coal and natural gas, salt, agricultural products mainly bananas, <a href="/wiki/Colombian_coffee" class="mw-redirect" title="Colombian coffee">coffee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oil_palm" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil palm">oil palm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotton" title="Cotton">cotton</a>, tropical fruits among many other products, livestock raising which is practiced extensively in almost all the territory, in Córdoba, Sucre, Atlántico, Magdalena, Bolívar, Cesar and southern La Guajira. There is also a service industry and a local import-export industry, mainly in the ports of Cartagena, Barranquilla, and Santa Marta. Another major part of the economy is tourism, which concentrates also in Cartagena and Santa Marta along with San Andres and Providencia Islands. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Essay-like plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-style ambox-essay-like" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/40px-Edit-clear.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/60px-Edit-clear.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f2/Edit-clear.svg/80px-Edit-clear.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="48" data-file-height="48" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>is written like a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_publisher_of_original_thought" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">personal reflection, personal essay, or argumentative essay</a></b> that states a Wikipedia editor's personal feelings or presents an original argument about a topic.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit">help improve it</a> by rewriting it in an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Information_style_and_tone" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">encyclopedic style</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like in the rest of Colombia, <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> is by far the most popular sport in the zone, with teams like <a href="/wiki/Junior_Barranquilla" class="mw-redirect" title="Junior Barranquilla">Junior Barranquilla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaguares_de_C%C3%B3rdoba" title="Jaguares de Córdoba">Jaguares de Córdoba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_Cartagena" title="Real Cartagena">Real Cartagena</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uni%C3%B3n_Magdalena" title="Unión Magdalena">Unión Magdalena</a> competing in the <a href="/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa_Primera_A" title="Categoría Primera A">first</a> and <a href="/wiki/Categor%C3%ADa_Primera_B" title="Categoría Primera B">second</a> divisions of the country. The Caribbean region has been the home of successful football players, many of them world famous like <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Valderrama_(footballer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carlos Valderrama (footballer)">Carlos Valderrama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Radamel_Falcao" title="Radamel Falcao">Radamel Falcao</a> and <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Bacca" title="Carlos Bacca">Carlos Bacca</a>. </p><p>Unlike in rest of the country, but shared with <a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela">Venezuela</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> is an important sport in the region, although its popularity has been fading in the last few years. Nevertheless, the region has produced major league players like <a href="/wiki/%C3%89dgar_Renter%C3%ADa" title="Édgar Rentería">Édgar Rentería</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orlando_Cabrera" title="Orlando Cabrera">Orlando Cabrera</a>. </p><p>The region also is known for its love of combat sports. <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">Boxing</a> is a popular sport in certain zones and the region had produced many world champions, such as <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Cervantes" title="Antonio Cervantes">Antonio Cervantes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rodrigo_Vald%C3%A9z" class="mw-redirect" title="Rodrigo Valdéz">Rodrigo Valdéz</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Miguel_%22Happy%22_Lora" class="mw-redirect" title="Miguel "Happy" Lora">Miguel "Happy" Lora</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_and_dance">Music and dance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Music and dance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Music_of_Colombia" title="Music of Colombia">Music of Colombia</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg/200px-Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg/300px-Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg/400px-Monumento_a_la_cumbia_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1199" data-file-height="674" /></a><figcaption>Monument to the dance and music of <a href="/wiki/Cumbia" title="Cumbia">cumbia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg/200px-Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg/300px-Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg/400px-Sombrero_vueltiao.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Sombrero_Vueltiao" class="mw-redirect" title="Sombrero Vueltiao">Sombrero Vueltiao</a></i> is the most representative element of the Caribbean region of Colombia, it was later adopted as a symbol of the national identity of Colombia.</figcaption></figure> <p>The most popular local rhythms are the <a href="/wiki/Cumbia" title="Cumbia">cumbia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vallenato" title="Vallenato">vallenato</a> however, there is a great musical influence from the rest of the Caribbean nations with <a href="/wiki/Salsa_music" title="Salsa music">Salsa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Merengue_music" title="Merengue music">merengue</a>, more recently <a href="/wiki/Reggaeton" title="Reggaeton">reggaeton</a> and many <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Afro-Caribbean" class="extiw" title="wikt:Afro-Caribbean">Afro-Caribbean</a> rhythms. This influence also developed the <i><a href="/wiki/Champeta" title="Champeta">Champeta</a></i> which has similarities with reggaeton. Other genres include <i><a href="/wiki/Porro" title="Porro">porro</a></i>. </p><p>Traditional dances are mostly of <a href="/wiki/Afro-Colombian" class="mw-redirect" title="Afro-Colombian">Afro-Colombian</a> origin with the influence in <a href="/wiki/Cumbia" title="Cumbia">cumbia</a> and the <b><a href="/wiki/Mapal%C3%A9" title="Mapalé">mapalé</a></b>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Myth_and_legend">Myth and legend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Myth and legend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Caribbean region has a rich tradition of myths and legends that include <i><a href="/wiki/La_Llorona" title="La Llorona">La Llorona</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/El_Hombre_Caim%C3%A1n" title="El Hombre Caimán">El Hombre Caimán</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Ciguapa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Ciguapa (page does not exist)">La Ciguapa</a></i>, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vallenato_Legend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vallenato Legend (page does not exist)">Vallenato Legend</a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Madre_Monte&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Madre Monte (page does not exist)">La Madre Monte</a></i>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=El_Simborcito&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Simborcito (page does not exist)">El Simborcito</a></i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=La_Mojana_Legend&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="La Mojana Legend (page does not exist)">la Mojana Legend</a>, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=El_Lucio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="El Lucio (page does not exist)">El Lucio</a></i>, etc. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110721065858/http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/html/familia/1597/propertyvalue-33413.html">[1]</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Celebrations">Celebrations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Celebrations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The most popular and known celebration in the Caribbean region is the <a href="/wiki/Barranquilla%27s_Carnival" class="mw-redirect" title="Barranquilla's Carnival">Carnival of Barranquilla</a> celebrated every year in February or March. The <a href="/wiki/Miss_Colombia" title="Miss Colombia">Miss Colombia Pageant</a> i, Colombia|Cartagena]], the <a href="/wiki/Vallenato_Legend_Festival" title="Vallenato Legend Festival">Vallenato Legend Festival</a> in <a href="/wiki/Valledupar" title="Valledupar">Valledupar</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Feast_of_the_Sea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Feast of the Sea (page does not exist)">Feast of the Sea</a> in <a href="/wiki/Santa_Marta" title="Santa Marta">Santa Marta</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Corralejas_Festivities&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corralejas Festivities (page does not exist)">Corralejas Festivities</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sincelejo" title="Sincelejo">Sincelejo</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Food">Food</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Food"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The typical food of the Caribbean region varies according to the geographical location in the sabanas the typical meal is the <a href="/wiki/Sancocho" title="Sancocho">sancocho</a> made with rabo (cow's tail) and accompanied with <a href="/wiki/Arroz_con_coco" class="mw-redirect" title="Arroz con coco">coconut rice</a>. In the coast, the typical meal is fish, sometimes fried or sometimes cooked in coconut milk. A popular soup is also prepared with the head of the tarpon, <a href="/wiki/Cassava" title="Cassava">yuca</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plantain_(cooking)" class="mw-redirect" title="Plantain (cooking)">plantain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coconut" title="Coconut">coconut milk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lime_(fruit)" title="Lime (fruit)">lime</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Arepa" title="Arepa">arepa</a></i> is also a popular dish with numerous variations like <i>arepa limpia</i> (plain arepa), <i>arepa e' queso</i> (arepa with cheese) and <i>arepa e'huevo</i> (arepa with egg). <a href="/wiki/Cazuela_de_mariscos" title="Cazuela de mariscos">Cazuela de mariscos</a>, a seafood stew, is also a typical dish found in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-Periódico_El_Campesino_–_La_voz_del_campo_colombiano_2017_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Periódico_El_Campesino_–_La_voz_del_campo_colombiano_2017-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_natural_region" title="Caribbean natural region">Caribbean natural region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_South_America" title="Caribbean South America">Caribbean South America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Mojana" title="La Mojana">La Mojana</a>, large area of wetlands, inland river delta</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific/Choc%C3%B3_natural_region" title="Pacific/Chocó natural region">Pacific region of Colombia</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caribbean_region_of_Colombia&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output 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