By Al Rodas Santa Marta, the English-American City "Living" oldest mainland of the Americas, is located in the bay of the same name at the foot of the highest mountain in Colombia. With heights exceeding 5 thousand meters above sea level, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta is the highest point of the planet is so close to the ocean, just 40 miles.
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If not for the area ...
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an old song that says if not for the area, Santa Marta die. Maybe that corresponds to a time and distance, because today is one of the most attractive cities in the country and has more than its waves, which never leave their emerald green color. To begin, one of the most illustrious men in Latin America and whose power is universal, the Liberator Simon Bolivar died on its soil in 1830 and this is perhaps one of the greatest sources of pride of this city that rules the north of Colombia.
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The first sector of the economy is certainly Samaria tourism in a place that has much to offer visitors, both within the urban setting with a city that preserves historic sites of great importance for the country as the Quinta de San Pedro Alexandria where he died the Liberator Simón Bolívar, the charms of the sea with beaches and marine activities and mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada. Tourism has been the subject of much attention by local governments and the influx of domestic and foreign visitors has increased in recent years, reports the Chamber of Commerce of Santa Marta ensures that the number of visitors increased from 75 to 100% between 2004 and 2005.
"The power of men flying ", a work dedicated by María González Arhuako the people, the inhabitants of the Sierra Nevada.
The second line of the city's economy is trade in which it informed the agency that this was the 97.11 % of investment in the department of Magdalena with a total of $ 24,388 million (a. U.S. $ 12 million) for 2006, representing an increase of 37.25% over 2003 figures.
The third line of the economy is the construction which grew by almost 50% in 2005 and doubled in 2006.
Santa Marta is visited especially by foreign countries Israel, Holland, Denmark and France are usually a quiet, safe and friendly paradise. Many country house belonging to families of large inland cities such as Bogota and Medellin, who purchased beachfront property and they enjoy the holiday periods.
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