Cúcuta travel guide

Cúcuta is the capital and most populous city of the North Santander Department (Spanish: Departamento de Norte de Santander) in northeastern Colombia. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. It is situated in the Cordillera Oriental in the Andes.
Its area of 1176 km² represents 5.65% of the department. Its altitude is 320 m above sea level, with an average temperature 28°C and annual average precipitation of 1,041 mm.
The city is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Puerto Santander, to the south by Villa del Rosario, Bochalema, and Los Patios, to the north by Tibú, and to the west by El Zulia and San Cayetano.
The metropolitan area of Cúcuta has undergone rapid population growth since the 1960s, largely in the peripheral municipalities of Villa del Rosario and Los Patios. There are two public universities: the Francisco de Paula Santander University and the University of Pamplona. (...) more....

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