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Gulf of Urabá with the deltas of the Atrato River (north is toward the upper left) The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of Colombia. It is part of the Caribbean Sea. It is a long, wide inlet located on the coast of Colombia, close to the connection of the continent to the Isthmus of Panama. [1]
Rivers in Colombia. Atrato is in the far northwest of the country near the Panama border. The Atrato River (Spanish: Río Atrato) is a river of northwestern Colombia.It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urabá (or Gulf of Darién), where it forms a large, swampy delta. [4]
The Gulf of Darién was the site of the Darien scheme, autonomous Scotland's one major attempt at colonialism. The first expedition of five ships (Saint Andrew, Caledonia, Unicorn, Dolphin, and Endeavour) set sail from Leith on July 14, 1698, with around 1,200 people on board. [6]
Turbo is a port city in Antioquia Department, Colombia.Part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region, it is located on the coast of Gulf of Urabá, 340 km north of Medellín (the department capital and second largest city).
By 2013, the coastal route on the east side of the Darién Isthmus became relatively safe, by taking a motorboat across the Gulf of Uraba from Turbo to Capurganá and then hopping the coast to Sapzurro and hiking from there to La Miel, Panama. All inland routes through the Darién remain highly dangerous. [53]
Capurganá is a town of the municipality of Acandí on the northwestern coast of the Gulf of Urabá in the Colombian department of Chocó, adjacent to the border between Colombia and Panama. Previously a base site for eco-tourists, since 2010 the town's main source of income has been migrants preparing to hike into Panama, across the Darién Gap .
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Urabá or Uraba may refer to: Gulf of Urabá, a gulf in the Caribbean Sea in Colombia; Urabá Antioquia, a subregion of the Antioquia department, Colombia; Urabá Chocoano, a subregion of the Chocó department, Colombia; Urabá Island, an island in the Gulf of Panama; Uraba, a moth genus in the subfamily Nolinae of the family Nolidae.