El Carmen de Bolívar is a municipality in the

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, 114 km southeast of

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. It is located in the orographic system of the

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, being the largest population, as well as the one that concentrates the economic and commercial movement of the subregion. It is the third most populated municipality in the department and an important agricultural center, considered "the agricultural and food pantry of the department of Bolívar" for being a great supplier to the entire department of products, especially avocado, tobacco, cocoa, banana, yam and sesame. This is how it is known as the Sweet City of Colombia since a part of its economy is based on food processing such as Chepacorinas Cookies, Coco Casadilla, Panochas, among others. As for transport infrastructure, its geographically privileged position makes it conducive to the construction of a dry port. Since it connects the Colombian Caribbean with the Santanderes through the Ruta del Sol, it is also a key point of connection of the west of the country to the large ports of Barranquilla and Cartagena by the Troncal de Occidente; and through the Transversal Montes de María communicates this important national road artery with the Gulf of Morrosquillo. During the time of Independence, the municipality distinguished itself by the support of its inhabitants to the liberating cause led by Colonel Manuel Cortés Campomanes, which earned her the time to be erected in a village in 1812. In the second half of the nineteenth century it acquired strategic and economic importance at the start of trade in agricultural producers such as tobacco and coffee through the Port of Jesus del Río, on the Magdalena River towards

Barranquilla Barranquilla () is the capital district of the Atlántico department in Colombia. It is located near the Caribbean Sea and is the largest city and third port in the Caribbean region of Colombia, Caribbean coast region; as of 2018, it had a popul ...

, which allowed it to become one of the main export centers of the country until the first half of the twentieth century.http://www.portafolio.co/economia/finanzas/carmen-bolivar-ciudad-cancion-330085

History

This area was initially inhabited by the Native American tribes of Malibúes, Farotos and

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, and was later conquered and colonized by the

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naming it ''sitio de Nuestra Señora del Carmen'' or "Our Lady of El Carmen site" in 1776 by a Spanish officer named

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, under the orders of Juan de Torrezal Díaz de Pimienta, Governor of

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Geography

The municipality of El Carmen de Bolivar is located south of the municipality of San Jacinto, north of the municipality of

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, west of the municipalities of Zambrano and

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, and east of the municipality of

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, covering a total area of 954 km².

Climate

References

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El Carmen de Bolivar official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:El Carmen De Bolivar Municipalities of Bolívar Department