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Santa Marta

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Santa Marta , city (1993 pop. 270,253), capital of Magdalena dept., N Colombia, a port on the Caribbean Sea. The city's banana industry, operated by the United Fruit Company, is one of the most important in South America. Santa Marta also has fine beaches and is a tourist center. Founded by the Spanish explorer Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1525, it was often sacked by corsairs in the 16th cent. During colonial times the city was important as an outlet for the Magdalena River valley. It remained royalist during the revolution and was liberated in 1821. Simón Bolívar died on an estate nearby.

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Santa Marta

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Santa Marta, Colombia, Nicaragua, Spain Colombia: founded in 1512 and named after the 1st‐century St Martha. She is associated with Mary Magdalen and Santa Marta is the capital of the Magdalena department. There is also a mountain range with this name.

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