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Bucaramanga

American  
[boo-kah-rah-mahng-gah] / ˌbu kɑ rɑˈmɑŋ gɑ /

noun

  1. a city in N Colombia.


Bucaramanga British  
/ bukaraˈmanɡa /

noun

  1. a city in N central Colombia, in the Cordillera Oriental: centre of a district growing coffee, tobacco, and cotton. Pop: 1 069 000 (2005 est)

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She has co-ordinated the response to the migration in the Colombian city of Bucaramanga, which has received more than 40,000 Venezuelans in recent years.

From BBC Oct. 17, 2022

Hernandez, who served as mayor of Bucaramanga, was a surprise contender in the run-off and has promised to shrink government and to finance social programs by stopping corruption.

From Reuters Jun. 19, 2022

Petro’s rival, Hernández, the former mayor of Bucaramanga who had never held or run for a national office before, ran on a singular message of rooting out corruption.

From Washington Post Jun. 19, 2022

He entered politics in 2015 when he ran for mayor of the north-central city of Bucaramanga and won against all odds.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2022

Why, it was only a year or so ago that two men came over from Spain and went up the Magdalena river to Bucaramanga.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

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