Puerto Berrío

Puerto Berrío
Municipality and town
UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Puerto Berrío is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Antioquia. It is part of the Magdalena Medio Antioquia sub-region.

Geography

Puerto Berrío is located in a region of Antioquia known as the Middle Magdalena (near the Magdalena River). It is bounded on the north by the municipalities of Yolombó, Remedios and Yondó, on the east by the department of Santander, on the south by the municipalities of Puerto Nare and Caracolí, and on the west by the municipalities of Caracolí and Maceo. It is some 191 km away from the city of Medellín, capital of Antioquia. The municipality has an extension of 1,184 km².

History

Puerto Berrio was founded in 1875 by Colombian General Ricardo Maria Giraldo. It became a municipality in 1881.

In 1801,

, and also establish it as a railroad station.

In 1875, the government of Antioquia ordered by decree the official establishment of the town and named it after former governor of Antioquia and General of Colombia Pedro Justo Berrío. Since then Puerto Berrío's development has been tied to the railroad. When the railways extended to

.

In 1925, a fire devastated all the population, with the exception of the facilities of the Railroad. The town went through a reconstruction process to quickly recover. Puerto Berrío became epicenter of the regional commerce and site forced for the transit of load, passengers and tourists. This although economic one lasted until 1963, when Railroad of Antioquia was nationalized. Due to intensification of the

the flow of the economy drastically decreased.

In 1991 in an effort to recover the government helped establish an association to recover the navigation. This was created, with constitutional rank, the Corporation of the Great river of the Magdalena, in order to recover the navigability of the river.

Nowadays, it is an intermediate city of great commercial movement, and is considered the capital of the

and North Coast by land, and their airport, has been determining in the development of the region. Majestic Hotel Magdalena recovered well like witness of more than 125 years of history, and attractive the natural exuberantes, are his more appraised tourist treasures to the date.

Economy

• Agriculture: Cacao, Maize, Banana, Yuca, Lemon
• Cattle ranch: Milk
  and derivatives
• Mining of Gold
• Logging
• Fishing
• Informal commerce
• Arts & Crafts: Atarrayas and Chichorros.

Celebrations

• Celebrations of the Return and Reign of Ecology, celebration emblem of the municipality
• Celebrations of Virgin of the Carmen
• Festival of Cometa
• Festival the Night of Poet s
• Fiestas of Anniversary
• Festival of Dance s and Música Folkloric.

Notable residents

• Juan José Florián, para-cyclist and former paramilitary soldier

External links

• Tourist Antioquia, Puerto Berrío
• Municipal mayorship, Puerto Berrío

References

1. ^ "Resultados y proyecciones (2005-2020) del censo 2005". Retrieved 12 April 2020.
2. ^ Citypopulation.de

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