Campo de la Cruz | |
Native Name: | Real de la Cruz |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Colombia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Atlántico Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Richard Jose Gomez Martinez (Liberal Party)[1] |
Area Footnotes: | [2] |
Area Total Km2: | 105 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[3] |
Population Total: | 22810 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 10.3778°N -74.8814°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Campo de la Cruz (Spanish for "field [or countryside] 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.