San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia
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San Andrés | |
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City and municipality | |
      From to top: Aerial view, Typical house, Casa Isleña Museum, Pedestrian Street, San Andres beach and San Luis Church. | |
 Maps of the islands of San Andrés and Providencia | |
  San Andrés Location of San Andrés in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 12°35′5″N 81°42′2″W / 12.58472°N 81.70056°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Region | Insular |
| Department | San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26 km2 (10 sq mi) |
| Population (2005) | |
| • Total | 55,426 |
| • Languages spoken | San Andrés Creole English Spanish |
| • Ethnic groups | 20% Raizals and 80% mainland Colombians |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Time (COT)) |
San Andrés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsan anˈdɾes]) is the capital city of the department of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, in Colombia. As of 2005 its population was 55,426.
Overview
It is situated at the north end of San Andrés Island, on the Caribbean Sea. The population is considered to be about 20% Raizals and 80% mainland Colombians. The economy is mainly sustained by tourism and commercial fishing. Once a duty-free port, it still has a relatively vigorous shopping district selling various consumer goods at bargain prices, including Colombian gold and emerald jewellery, leather goods and other distinctively Colombian wares.
San Andrés has become such a byword for bargain shopping in Colombia that many towns and cities have a bargain shopping area known as a San Andresito ("little San Andres").
Twin towns
References
- ^ a b "Census 2005 - San Andrés" (PDF) (in Spanish). (DANE)
External links
Media related to San Andrés at Wikimedia Commons
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