Providencia Island
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Isla de Providencia or Old Providence is a mountainous Caribbean island. Though it is closer to Nicaragua, it is part of Colombia. It is part of the San Andrés archipelago, lying midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica. Its maximum elevation is 360m above sea level.
It was the site of an early Puritan colony from the 1630's to the 1640's. This colony was a sister colony to the more well known Massachusetts Bay Colony.
[edit] People
The original population consists of descendents of black slaves who speak Jamaican English although most speak Spanish as well. Spanish-speaking immigrants from Colombia have increased the use of Spanish, although they remain a minority, unlike the significantly more Spanish sister island, San Andres.
[edit] Sources
- THE GEOLOGY OF PROVIDENCIA. Retrieved on 2006-05-12.
- Kupperman, Karen Ordahl (1993). Providence Island, 1630-1641 : The Other Puritan Colony. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-52-135205-3.
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Departament Capitals
San Andres • Riohacha • Santa Marta • Barranquilla • Monteria • Sincelejo • Valledupar • Cartagena
Other Cities and Towns
Maicao • Sabanalarga • Mompox • Aracataca • Magangue • La Paz • Providencia Island • Tolú
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