Mompós

American  

[mawm-paws] / mɔmˈpɔs /

noun

1. a city in NW Colombia, on the Magdalena.

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Example Sentences

During the peak of the day Mompós was at its quietest.

From New York Times

It wasn’t until 2008, when an acquaintance, a British journalist in Colombia named Richard McColl, began building a hotel there, that I realized that Mompós — a perfectly preserved colonial city nearly 500 years old, set on an island in the Magdalena River — was indeed real.

From New York Times

As the river silted up in the early 19th century and the current shifted directions, Mompós fell out of favor as a transit point and its influence began to wane.

From New York Times

It remained that way until the mid-1990s — Unesco named the historic center of Mompós a World Heritage Site in 1995 — when the region began to open back up as threats from drug cartels and paramilitary groups began to dissipate.

From New York Times

“What it may do is just motivate a few more people to head on down to Mompós from Cartagena.”

From New York Times