Urabá region

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The Urabá region is a strategic and biodiverse coastal area in northwestern Colombia, known for its banana production, Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities, and role as a transit corridor between South and Central America.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region
geographical region
adjacentTo Panama
borders Caribbean Sea
Darién Gap
climate tropical humid climate
contains Gulf of Urabá
country Colombia
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
livestock farming
port services
ecosystem mangroves
tropical rainforest
wetlands
hasConflictHistory armed conflict in Colombia
hasEthnicGroup Afro‑Colombians
linked to: Afro-Colombians

Emberá people
linked to: Emberá

Guna people
hasHumanActivity small‑scale mining
hasInfrastructureProject Port of Urabá projects
road corridor to Medellín
hasPart Gulf of Urabá
hasProtectedArea Los Katíos National Natural Park
knownFor Afro‑Colombian communities
Indigenous communities
agro‑industrial development
banana production
biodiversity
plantain production
strategic geographic location
language Spanish
locatedIn Caribbean region of Colombia
Department of Antioquia
Department of Chocó
linked to: Chocó Department

Department of Córdoba
linked to: Córdoba Department

northwestern Colombia
majorCity Apartadó
Carepa
Turbo
majorPort Turbo
partOf Antioquia Department (planning region)
Colombian Caribbean
Isthmus of Darién area
linked to: Darién Gap
role migration corridor
trade corridor
transit corridor between South America and Central America
strategicFor Colombian foreign trade
connection between Atlantic and Pacific corridors

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Turbo, Colombia locatedInRegion Urabá region
Antioquia Department containsRegion Urabá region
Antioquia Department containsRegion Northern Antioquia
linked to: Urabá region
Antioquia Department containsRegion Western Antioquia
linked to: Urabá region
Gulf of Urabá locatedInRegion Urabá region
Urabá banana-growing zone locatedIn Urabá region
Necoclí locatedInRegion Urabá subregion
linked to: Urabá region
Necoclí regionalContext Urabá Antioqueño
linked to: Urabá region
Municipality of Turbo locatedIn Urabá region
Apartadó locatedInRegion Urabá region
Apartadó partOf Urabá region
Apartadó locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Urabá Antioqueño subregion
linked to: Urabá region
Turbo locatedInRegion Urabá region
Clan del Golfo regionOfOrigin Urabá region
Carepa partOf Urabá region
Municipality of Apartadó partOf Urabá Antioqueño subregion
linked to: Urabá region
Municipality of Necoclí partOf Urabá subregion
linked to: Urabá region
Municipality of Mutatá locatedIn Urabá region
Municipality of Chigorodó subregion Urabá subregion
linked to: Urabá region
Turbo River partOf Urabá region
Department of Antioquia containsPart Urabá region
San Juan de Urabá locatedIn Urabá region
Antonio Roldán Betancourt Airport servesRegion Urabá
linked to: Urabá region
Chigorodó locatedInRegion Urabá region
Apartadó River locatedInRegion Urabá region
Apartadó campus servesRegion Urabá region
Turbo campus locatedInRegion Urabá region
Turbo campus serviceArea Urabá region
Turbo campus regionServed Urabá Antioqueño
linked to: Urabá region
Urabá campus locatedIn Urabá region
Urabá campus serviceArea Urabá region
northwestern Colombia includes Urabá region