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Cúcuta
capital city of North Santander, Colombia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cúcuta (pron. IPA koo`koo-tä), or San Jose de Cúcuta, is the capital of the Norte de Santander Department, in Colombia. Cúcuta is an important city in northeastern Colombia because of where it is; on the border with Venezuela. People from Cúcuta are called cucuteños.
Cúcuta | |
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City | |
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Nickname: City without borders | |
Motto: More progress! | |
![]() Map of Cúcuta in the Norte de Santander Department. Urban in red, municipality in dark gray | |
Coordinates: 7°53′39″N 72°30′14″W | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Norte de Santander |
Foundation | June 17, 1733[1] |
Government | |
• Mayor | Maria Eugenia Riascos |
Area | |
• City | 1,176 km2 (454 sq mi) |
Elevation | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
Population (2005-2006 Census)[2] | |
• City | 1,158,672 |
• Density | 990/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,698,176 |
Time zone | UTC-05 (Eastern Time Zone) |
Website | www |
The area has grown fast since the 1960s, especially the suburbs of Villa del Rosario and Los Patios.
The city has developed with the building of six overpasses, a convention center, a new bus terminal, a new Integrated Massive Transportation System called Metrobus, the modernization of state owned schools, the recovery of Cucuta's downtown, and the duplication of the capacity of the General Santander Stadium. New industries are expected to come from Venezuela and to place their factories in Cucuta aiming at exporting through the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement between Colombia and the United States.[3]