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Campo de la Cruz Real de la Cruz
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Campo de la Cruz in the Atlántico Department of Colombia
Coordinates: 10°22′40″N 74°52′53″W / 10.37778°N 74.88139°W / 10.37778; -74.88139
Country	Colombia
Department	Atlántico Department
Government
• Mayor	Richard Jose Gomez Martinez (Liberal Party)
Area
• Total	105 km (41 sq mi)
Population
• Total	22,810
• Density	220/km (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Campo de la Cruz (Spanish for "field of the cross") is a municipality and a town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. It is the fifth most populated town in the Department and is situated on the west bank of the Magdalena river and at the southern part of the Department of Atlántico. By road, Campo de la Cruz is located 80 km to the south of Barranquilla. Originally a fishing village, it was formally founded in the 17th century during the colonial period as 'Puerto Real de la Cruz'. Once the town gained independence from the Spanish Empire, the name was changed to its current denomination, Campo de la Cruz. During the colonial time and the early republican period it was a small but still important fluvial port.

References

1. (in Spanish) National Registry of the Civil State: 2007 regional election results
2. "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
3. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

External links

• (in Spanish) Campo de la Cruz official website
• (in Spanish) Gobernacion del Atlantico - Campo de la Cruz

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• Municipalities of Atlántico Department