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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