The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of Colombia. It is part of the

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. It is a long, wide

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located on the coast of

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, close to the connection of the continent to the

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. The town of

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, Colombia, lies at the mid eastern side naturally sheltered by the Turbo Bay part of the Gulf. The Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Urabá. A study by Bio-Pacific has suggested, as an alternative to building a 54‑mile (87 km) link across the Darién Gap to complete the

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, that the Panama section of the highway be extended to the Caribbean coast and end at the Gulf of Urabá, then be connected by

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to existing highways in Colombia.

Urabá Antioquia subregion

The area surrounding the gulf comprises a geopolitical subregion of Colombia known as Urabá Antioquia.

References

Regiones Antioquenas: Uraba
Uraba Uraba Colombian coasts of the Caribbean Sea {{Colombia-geo-stub