Caribbean region of Colombia

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The Caribbean region of Colombia or Caribbean coast region is in the north of Colombia and is mainly composed of 8 departments located contiguous to the Caribbean.^[1] It's the second most populated region in the country after Andean Region with approximately 11 million residents according to the Colombian Census 2018.^[2] The area covers a total land area of 110,000 km² (42,000 sq mi), including the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina in the Caribbean Sea.^[1]

The Caribbean region coast extends from the Gulf of Urabá to the Gulf of Venezuela. Straddling the coast are Colombia's two main Atlantic port cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena.^[3] The administration of the region is covered by eight department governments: Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Sucre, Córdoba, Magdalena, La Guajira and San Andrés and Providencia. These eight departments also cover approximately 182 municipalities, 1,093 corregimientos and 493 caserios according to the 2018 Census by DANE Colombia.^[4] Most of its inhabitants speak a dialect of Caribbean Spanish with variations within its subregions.^[5]