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The largest island of the archipelago and Colombia is called San Andrés and its capital is San Andrés. The other large islands are Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands which lie to the north-east of San Andrés; their capital is Santa Isabel.
- Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands (Spanish: Providencia...
- San Andrés (island)
San Andrés is the largest of the island group in the...
- Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands
O arquipélago de Santo André, Providência e Santa Catarina (em castelhano: San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina) é um departamento insular colombiano, localizado na extremidade ocidental do Mar das Caraíbas. Os territórios mais próximos são as ilhas e atóis caribenhos da Nicarágua e das Honduras, a oeste, seguindo-se, a nordeste, a Jamaica.
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This is the main island of the Providencia group, and the second largest of the department. It is located at WikiMiniAtlas13°21′N 81°22′W / 13.350°N 81.367°W / 13.350; -81.367 (Providencia Island). Providencia Island and Santa Catalina Island (a small satellite island close off its northern end) extend 7.2 km in a north–south direction. The lan...
The Miskito from the mainland first came into contact with the English when the Second Earl of Warwick established his colony on Providence Island in 1639. The Earl persuaded the Miskito leader to send his son to England as an emissary. This prince, known to his descendants as Oldman (or Oldham in old documents), was received in by King Charles I, ...
The local population consists of Raizals, a Protestant Afro-Caribbean ethnic group, speaking the San Andrés–Providencia Creole, an English Creole, although most speak Spanish as well. Spanish-speaking immigrants from Colombia have increased the use of Spanish, although they remain a minority, unlike the significantly more Spanish sister island, San...
The local El Embrujo Airport is served by various daily flights from Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport in San Andrés. Scheduled flights are operated by Satena, and charter flights by Decameron/Searca. A 50-seat catamaran makes the two and a half hour return trip from San Andres to Providencia Island four times a week, leaving San Andres i...
Due to the insular and oceanic nature, terrestrial fauna is limited and presents a high degree of endemism. Only a single species of frog (Leptodactylus insularis) and a single species of terrestrial turtle (Geochelone carbonaria) have been found. Two species of snakes (Boa constrictor imperatorand Leptotyphlops magnamaculata), 6 of saurians, 10 of...
A história do departamento colombiano de San Andrés e Providência se refere aos acontecimentos em que têm se desenvolvido nessas ilhas em uma data posterior a 1502. Numerosos povos têm contribuído para a formação da cultura raizal do arquipélago: africanos, britânicos, escoceses, holandeses, irlandeses, franceses ...
San Andrés is the largest of the island group in the Department of the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providence and Saint Catherine. San Andrés is located in the Caribbean Sea, about 750 km (470 mi) northwest of the coast of Colombia. The island is 13 km (8.1 mi) in length and 3 km (1.9 mi) in width.
El archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina (en inglés y criollo sanandresano: Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina) es uno de los treinta y dos departamentos de Colombia. Su capital es San Andrés.
It consists of two island groups about 775 km (482 mi) northwest of Colombia and 220 km (140 mi) from the coast of Nicaragua, and eight outlying banks and reefs. Its capital is San Andrés . In 2005, about 65.000 people lived on San Andrès, and about 5.000 on Providencia.
