Let's say it's strange for people from outside since most places in the world have most of their population centers on the coasts. The detail with the coasts of Colombia: - The Pacific as the video says is basically an area isolated from the rest of the country, it rains a lot, the land is not so fertile, many mosquitoes= It is not the most attractive place - The Atlantic coast is much better, but since we are above the equator the heat is quite high and if you are there for more than a short period of vacation you will start to get tired of it. Because of the heat in general, unlike many other places, in Colombia most of the population lives in the mountains (in the Andes mountain range). You have a temperate climate + there are many rivers + it is relatively fertile = people like to live there.
Two years ago I went on an academic trip to the Colombian Pacific Coast: to Buenaventura, Gorgona National Park, Sanquianga National Park and two villages between Buenaventura and Tumaco, named Guapi and La Tola. A month earlier I visited the Colombian Amazon on another academic trip and both places are paradises, but there is some kind of epiphany I had there that I didn't have in the Amazon. I don't know, the Ocean, the endless mangroves on the coast, the neverending rain (on one day it was like if the clouds only took a recess to have lunch and then got back to work raining), the vibrant biodiversity and the people, that despite harsh livelihoods are still resilient and welcoming, all that was like a dream.
The pacific west coast is debilitatingly warm, rainy and humid, rife with dengue and other tropical diseases. Attempting to work the land for most crops is decidedly difficult due to these factors. Outside of fishing, tourism and narcotics related activities, there really isn't much to do there in terms of work. To add, narco/paramilitary groups have a presence in certain parts of the west coast, causing internal and external migration.
My experience there as well. However, some of the most stunningly beautiful people I have ever seen in the world live in the small afro-Colombian villages in the Chocó. No gyms, no beauty salons, barely any real buildings, they're just living in shacks with dirt floors. But damn they have the genetics. Men with perfectly sculpted bodies that gym rats here spend their lives trying to get, tall women with perfect proportions, high cheekbones and gleaming ebony skin that look like Grace Jones (but actually feminine and hot). I was amazed, and very, very jealous.
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
@@luddity casi, pero como explicaron en el video, la costa Caribe tiene mejor infraestructura. Llegar al Darién es fácil desde Urabá, en cambio llegar al Baudó, por ejemplo, es imposible
Hey, a little friendly correction. There was actually tarde with eastern Asia, because the Philippines were also a Spanish colony. But, the trade with them was made mainly from Mexico. Besides, the main Spanish city from "Nuevo Reino de Granada" wasn't Buenaventura, but Panama (Colombia until 1903), and the major city on the Pacific South American Spain was Lima.
And there is the element of racism. In South America, the white and Mestizo don't want to be associated with the black minorities. I guess Buenaventura is ignored because it is a Black city
Most of Colombia's population is concentrated in the Andean zone, half of the country is practically empty or sparsely populated. Where there are jungles there are no big cities, they were never founded because tropical diseases were abundant. Therefore, today there is no development in those areas and the people living in those areas are even poorer than the rest of the country. However, they are beautiful places with great natural landscapes.
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
@@amelianywhere de echo todos los países son Haci o mejor dicho concentran su población en lugares específicos como la Rusia europa que es mas poblada que Siberia. O la coste este de EEUU. El sur este de Brasil . El norte de Argentina. Casi todos amigo
It is truly the exception for the region that most people here in Panama live in the capital, which was also historically a mangrove swamp and rainforest full of dengue and malaria, you can truly see on a terrain map how Darien and the bay of Panama are just an extension of that western lowland side of the Andes, with the metric fuckton of rain and awful awful land for agriculture or industry. Thanks I gues USA for modern disease control and strategic trading interests, lmao…
I am from Colombia, that region is covered by a lush jungle, it is known as the biogeographic Choco, it rains every day of the year, here in Colombia it is debated that this region has been abandoned by the government and is very neglected, for that same reason its potential to trade with the Pacific has not been exploited, its two main cities are Buenaventura and Quibdo that compete for the title to see which is the rainiest city in the world
Is there something to trade, besides rainwater? You'd need to develop infrastructure through Columbia's natural barriers to get goods to/from population and production areas in the eastern regions of the country.
...sorry but I disagree... Cartagena was a very important port, more than Buenaventura, for several centuries. Even more: it is/was closer to Colombian highlands route which is Magdalena River, and easier way for trading instead of Buenaventura.
Very well done Geoff! I've visited both Cartagena and Santa Marta a few times on cruises and really enjoy Cartagena. This video confirmed my desire to take an inland tour to Columbia.
I always thought it strange that the big cities in Colombia (and Bolivia) were up in the mountains at high altitude, but now after watching this it kind of makes sense. Thanks
When I worked on a small cargo ship heading from San Diego to Lima our ship had to make an emergency port of call in Buenaventura. And because they didn't have the supplies and parts we needed for repairs we were stuck there for 18 days waiting for another one of our ships to come and pick us up. To say say that it was living hell is an understatement. We couldn't leave the ship and we didn't have power so between the heat, the mosquitoes, and the constant rain it was torture for 18 days straight. And not to make any controversies, but the port authorites and some of the local crews helping on repairs were some of the biggest aholes I have ever met. They wanted to tow us back out into the open ocean on a dead ship. Hell, my shipmates even joked about letting them because it was so bad there we just wanted to leave.
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Thank you for this video. I appreciate learning about Colombia. I am adopted and know very little about my Colombian birth father or his country. He was from Cali and came to the USA as a student in the 1960's.
@@ricardobermeomontano7858 Wow, thank you! I don't speak Spanish which makes research on the internet difficult. My birth father's family owned a bus company in Cali. Are there many private bus companies in Cali? I am guessing there are because it is a large city. I am interested in learning more about the indigenous people in Colombia, as my DNA results show I have some indigenous heritage. Do people generally know what groups their indigenous ancestors come from? Do they live in traditional villages or were they pushed into reservations like the indigenous in the US? Thank you!
@@mcb9184 You are guessing right about there are many private bus companies in Cali. About the question if people generally know what groups their indigenous ancestors come from, the answer is not. Although many of us are aware that we probably have indigenous ancestors even if we do not know for sure, this ancestral heritage is not usually highly appreciated, and our European heritage is much more valued because it is considered more prestigious. Even if you value your ancestral indigenous heritage, I find it difficult to know with certainty which specific indigenous groups were your ancestors, unless these ancestors are from recent generations and you have been able to meet them. I don't even think it is possible to know which specific indigenous groups your ancestors were through a genetic test, since I doubt that there were notable genetic differences between the different groups in the region. Regarding the question of whether the indigenous groups that currently survive live in their traditional villages or have been displaced to government-designated reservations, the answer is that both cases occur. In the most remote and difficult to access regions of the country, the indigenous groups that live in these areas have been able to preserve their traditional villages, and many of these places have been declared protected reserves by the government and the titles of these lands have been given to the indigenous communities that inhabit them. But in other cases, unfortunately the indigenous people have been displaced from their ancestral lands either by the state, or landowners, or illegal armed groups, and although the state has granted them land for their indigenous reservations, they still long for and claim their originals ancestral lands.
I love the channel Geoff. However, I think there is a significant amount of information missing from this video. 1) There are debates about whether population of Afro-Colombians in the Pacific Coast is accurately counted in the census. I’ve seen estimates, including up to five million people living in the Pacific, this phenomena is reproduced at the local level, like in Buenaventura where residents say the population is larger than the official figure of ~500k people, 2) the Pacific coastal and river communities have been massively depopulated in the last 30 years due to violent displacement by guerilla and paramilitaries, in addition to economic migration to the Andean interior, 3) further exacerbating the migration is the environmental damage of extractive mining, 4) the environment was harsh for Spanish colonizers, but this wasn’t the case for the African maroons (cimarrones) who were familiar with farming in rainforests in West and Central Africa; almost an crop can grow in the Pacific, and especially in the cloud forests nearer to the western cordillera (which is also part of the Pacific region, formerly enslaved people migrated between these regions), 5) Buenaventura is Colombia’s largest and most important port, around 60-70% of the country’s imports and exports pass through Buenaventura. The city grew in the early 20th century because of its proximity to the coffee plantations in Antioquia (around Medellín), this growth as a port was directly related to the opening of the Panama Canal, 6) I don’t believe this was your intent, but it’s borderline disrespectful to say no one lives in the region, the Pacific is underdeveloped in part because of the historic sentiment that it is a distant frontier area. There are only two roads that reach the Pacific from the interior, one to Buenaventura, and one to Tumaco. These are political decisions, not just the regions geography, 7) and lastly, the departmental capitals that govern the Pacific are all inland Andes cities (Popayan, Cali, etc), this is part of the political geography. Cali was a tiny city until the 1950’s and grew tremendously because of its proximity to Buenaventura. These regional capitals invested in their development and trade internal networks, whereas the Pacific was governed to be a place of resource extraction
Buenaventura grew because of its proximity to Cali, which is the second largest city in Colombia, and the coffee plantations of the Eje Cafetero or Coffee Belt, which are in the departments of Caldas, Risaralda, Caldas, Antioquia, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca (where Buenaventura is located), not because of Antioquia itself, but also because it is the closest port to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. And it is true that it is all the fault of the Colombian government that did not invest in roads to connect the Colombian Pacific with a road that connects the entire Pacific coast. It is impossible that in the 21st century there are only 2 roads that connect Colombia with the Pacific Ocean.
@@Gianfrancobrescia Estoy de acuerdo en que la conectividad de las principales poblaciones del pacífico colombiano con el interior del país se debe mejorar, pero no estoy seguro que sea una buena idea construir una carretera a lo largo de esta costa porque podría tener un gran impacto negativo en la biodiversidad de la región, que es su más valiosa riqueza. Considero que por el bienestar de la humanidad, hay regiones del planeta que deben permanecer inhabitadas o con poca población, y una de esas regiones para mí es el pacífico colombiano.
The north coast of Colombia/Caribbean (specifically, Cartagena) is the birthplace of the bordered red-yellow-green tricolor flag charged with an octagram in the center, known as the "Cuadrilonga" (Quadrangular). The "cuadrilonga" flag is a green field bordered by yellow and red, and charged in the center with an eight-pointed star. The white star represents people coming from all walks of life, the green represents the hope for a worthy motherland, the yellow represents the Sun of Liberty and the wealth of the land, and the red stands for unity and the blood of patriots.
Colombia is a very nice country to visit if the visitor is respectful and sensible. The country has a big heart, the people do. It comes out in the music.
Seattle probably has more rainy days per year than those other places. It's just that it's a lighter rain where as in the south more sunny days but when it does rain it's torrential.
@@rexx9496 New York, Chicago and Seattle all have about the same number of rainy days per year. NYC and Chicago both have a good deal more rain accumulation. Seattle has way more cloudiness though.
@@johng4093 yes, that's why Seattle is so much drier than many parts of the NW. It's in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains. They stole all of Seattle's rain! The clouds still float over the city though, wrung out of all their rain. 😁
The most important cities in the Pacific are: 1)Buenaventura :400.000Population 2)Quibdo : 170.000 population 3)Tumaco: 250.000 population 4) Istmina: 50.000 population
Hi there. With all your effort into your content, I need to figure out how the pronunciations of simple city names seem so tricky. Thanks for all your content.
No se porque TH-cam me empieza a recomendar estos vídeos hasta ahora, pero me parece interesante que empiecen a ser populares estos videos que hablan sobre Colombia sobre todo en la comunidad anglo (y entre otras claro)
@@josebarrantes8429 me parece muy ilustrativo este video Para comenzar siempre dio curiosidad porque la comunidad Afro colombiana estaba Instalada en su mayoría en esa zona, y se puede ahora ver porque prácticamente tienen otra selva costeña, aparte de la Amazonica en en el oriente del pais
@@AXEL-sy3zt y eso también me pone a pensar en que el gobierno no apoya a la gente de el pacifico porque las lluvias fuertes y las inundaciones dañarian todo y perderían mucha plata. muy mala suerte para la gente de el pacifico
@@9x99I A pesar de la gran cantidad de lluvia que cae en la región del pacífico colombiano, este se inunda menos que otras zonas del país donde llueve mucho menos. Esto es gracias a que es una región con poca deforestación en comparación con las otras regiones del país, y cuando hay inundaciones en esta región, éstas se dan principalmente en las zonas más deforestadas por la mano del ser humano. Así que la mala suerte de los habitantes del pacífico colombiano no es vivir allí, sino tener mayormente un color de piel que ha sido despreciado desde hace varios siglos, y que si bien en el presente es más apreciado, aún sigue existiendo un considerable desprecio sobre todo en las élites gobernantes que en su gran mayoría son de un color de piel más claro. Un punto importante a tener en cuenta es que muchos nos oponemos tanto de la población local como de otras regiones, a que la región se llene de grandes poblaciones y de infraestructuras como carreteras, aeropuertos y puertos marítimos que terminen destruyendo la gran biodiversidad de la zona, que es la mayor riqueza y patrimonio de la región. Lo ideal es que solo se construya la infraestructura necesaria para que la población local tenga buena calidad de vida pero sin sacrificar la biodiversidad de la zona, y que más bien ésta sea el principal motor económico de la región a través del ecoturismo y la producción sostenible.
lack to mention that Panama was part of Colombia and how isolation of the pacific coast also was influenced by that the connection between the atlantic and pacific (at earlier times) could been easier by Panama than by traveling all the way to the resty of the pacific coast... Also the amazonia and the Orinoquia are not populated; should include how much population is in those two to understand that most of colombia are jungles and far from the andean ( populated regions)
Another major factor in the non-development of the Pacific region was the lack of shipping access. Prior to completion of the Panama Canal in approximately 1914, water access was afforded only by circumnavigating Cape Horn, a lengthy, expensive and dangerous undertaking.
In the case of Costa Rica, probably because is hot, humid, rains almost all the year (there isn't a definite dry season like in the rest of the country), and it has such long rivers.
Very informative and awesome video! I know some Colombians with poor family in Medellin but even poorer family in the Choco department in the west. I viisted and climibed El Penol! Nice photo of it at the end!. Thanks.
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
I have been to Bogotá several times and always tried to leave as quickly as possible. Too much traffic and air pollution coupled with the altitude and miserable weather. Not for me. Santa Marta is wonderful.
Colombia's Pacific coast is the Biogeographical Chocó, with the highest precipitation (and richest biodiversity) on the planet. It has average temperatures in the 30°C range. Thus it has the greatest competition for life of anywhere in the world. Lots of protozoans, as well as other microbes. Lots of insects that serve as vectors. Right below Panama, which had 40,000 people die of yellow fever and malaria while the canal was built 120 years ago, the Biogeographical Chocó is the least colonizeable region of Colombia. Thank goodness! It's the most beautiful place I've seen, from Alaska down to Chile. Sharply contrasts to the arid and desert of the Atlantic coast, Guajira, which has its own beauty. There is also the central Tatacoa desert, in Huila. Colombia has more regions than this clip says.
Since 1993 (law 70) Afro-Colombian people were given the right to form councils that can claim title to lands. That's how uncertainty about property rights turned much of the coast into “no-man’s land”. Perfect conditions for drug lords to operate in this region. This is the perfect way to keep investors out of the Colombian Pacific coast, and condemn the people to poverty and violence.
Colombia's West coast encompasses the majority of the "Chocó bioregion", which is arguably the wettest tropical rainforest in the world. In precolonial times it wasn't very populated either and the arrival of the Spaniards and other "old world" peoples didn't change that. Also the Spanish had already built important port cities on the pacific coast of the Americas like Lima, Panama city and Acapulco. There was no need for a large costal city on modern day Colombia's West coast.
If you are interested in a short geographical study of an area,Geoff does an excellent job. Looking at all these complainers comments, reminds me that you can't please most people nowadays.
I would LOVE to live on the west coast of Colombia. I spent 9 years in Costa Rica and I miss it. The Pacific coast is awesome, the fishin is incredible and I love the weather. There are 2 seasons, very wet and not so wet. Being able to grow food all year is really nice.
Dejen de molestarlo por la pronunciación. Él está hablando en Inglés y así es como suenan esas palabras dichas por un gringo. El video esta dirijo al público Inglés. Deberíamos estar felices que están hablando de nuestro país en lugar de molestar por tonterías que no afectan el objetivo del video.
it's a geography channel. the name has literally geography on it. knowing the names of the places he cover should be basic. also, with all the tools available on the internet, not using them was just damn lazy
Amigo, se le agradece mucho que hable de nuestro país ya que ha hablado de Brasil, Argentina y Chile, pero las cosas se hacen bien o no se hacen porque la gente va a creer que los Muisas y los Tyrona poblaban Colombia antes de Colón en lugar de los Muiscas y Tayronas.
@@Equilibrium-Manifesto That was the place where they could escape and not be found. That was an impenetrable tropical forest filled will all kind of endemic diseases.
Yeah I know, I guess he covered that I just know from being a map enthusiast this is a Afro Colombian area which has exactly the same mapping on ethnic maps. Never knew it was undeveloped and all the stuff in this video tho
Cloud forests are great. Theyre like jungle but without the heat and diease. If you ever want to visit a jungle but in relative comfort i recommend Costa Rico which has large cloud forest. Lots of the same animals and tree's as a jungle and beautiful waterfalls
El 90% de la población del país se concentra en la región andina y Caribe , o sea casi 50 millones de colombianos viven en el 40% del territorio nacional
En realidad de los 52 millones de colombianos: 38 millones viven en Los Andes, 10 millones viven en el Caribe y el resto en otras regiones con poca población
Amazing video, well done! I have always wondered why there were no major cities on the Pacific Coast of Colombia and couldn't find any clear reason why on the internet/TH-cam...UNTIL NOW! I have been following your channel for over a year now and have been enjoying the unique geography content you create. Keep up the great work!
Eso es culpa del gobierno nacional por tenerlo olvidado además de que no ha sido capaz de construirle VIAS, para conectarlo con el resto del país y así atraer empresas, empleo, dignidad y turismo. Si el Gobierno Nacional de Colombia no está presente los grupos ilegales se apoderan de esos territorios infelizmente, y la gente de bien es la que sufre
Antidotel information, but if you're learning Spanish, the Pacific Coast population speak clear and excellent Spanish and if you're going for an immersive education, its great for one's listening/speaking skills when learning (on top of Columbia having the best spoken Spanish)
You would think Orinoquia would be lower because its inland and would be mostly be ranching with medium-sized towns on the rivers and only maybe 1 city over 250k
Orinoquía has 1.6 million people. It has grown rapidly due to oil and ranching. Chocó (the Pacific region) has 500,000 people. Amazonas has 70,000 people. Like Chocó, it is isolated by high mountains and dense jungle.
We Colombians may be only culture to prefer to live in the mountains than in the coast. It's hard to find another civilization who prefers mountains over coast.
Quizás en América, pero en Europa y Asia hay muchos países cuya capital o ciudad más importante se encuentra en el interior, aunque el país tenga costas. Ej: España, Alemania, Francia, India, etc...
It should be noted that in terms of water volume, Seattle is NOT rainy! We only get a modest amount of rain in a year compareted to, say, Forks, WA. What makes it *palpably* rainy in the Seattle area is that the rainfall is not often actually all that heavy. What it IS, however, is *consistent* in its normally quite moderate amounts of rainfall. Normally, we get rain from mid-September to mid-June far more days than not. Even if it's only mildly rainy, this just seems a lot wetter because there are more *days* of rain, not necessarily more volume.
There are other reasons to add, a segregation against the black and indigenous community by the criollos, the actual president is the first in visit many forgotten places not just in the Caribbean but across Colombia, the corruption and negligence to not invest in those regions because they (the rich criollos)has gotten the monopoly over chickens of golden eggs in other part and that racism, are the other big factors, the actual vice president of Colombia is the first person of that region on such a position.
The real answer is said around 13:44 in the video. The Pacific Region of Colombia is the equivalent to the underground railroad, where many slave comunities scaped to form towns called "palenques". But because those Palenques were not meant to be discovered, they were mostly ignored and were not given basic needs by the government.
@@Divedown_25 The thing is the accentuated syllable. Since it is pronounced /baw-gaw-TAH/ ([bo.ɣoˈ.t̪a]), you can pronounce /bow-gə-TAH/ and it will be fine. But /BOW-gə-tuh/, /bə-GOAT-uh/, /BOW-gut-ə/ or /bow-GUT-ə/ is just wrong.
Yes, but it is still in the Andean region. It is pretty close to the Pacific Region, but being in between the Western and Central Cordilleras, it is fully an Andean city.
I wanted to visit Buenaventura with my family so we took a flight to Cali thinking that, yeah, it's pretty close to Buenaventura. Then there was a landslide and the road was completely blocked for days. Just a reminder that Cali might be very close to the Pacific (and culturally, it is), but there's still a bigass mountain range in between.
Cali is located between 2 mountain ranges and right in the middle of them there is a huge Inter-Andean Valley where the Cauca River, the second largest in Colombia, passes, and Buenaventura is located on the Pacific Coast and Cali is located between the 2 mountain ranges, that is why Cali is Andean, and Buenaventura is Pacific. Both cities belong to the Department of Valle del Cauca, which is the most developed in Colombia by HDI. That is why Buenaventura has the most important port in the country because it is on the Pacific coast.
Nice Video Geoff, I visited Columbia several years ago, travelling to Bogota, Cali and later Medellin (at the time it was a bugger at customs coming back with the stamp on my passport!!), I wanted to drive to the West Coast, but it was impossible, the roads were largely impassable that crossed the Andes, except one I found on a map that went so high that the hire car could not operate properly due to the lack of Oxygen - it was a normally aspirated Honda CRV - gutless. Thanks for the overview - really enjoyed it..
What part of the Colombian Andes were you trying to cross? We don't have the Best roads in the world but you can drive to Buenaventura on the west coast crossing the Andes without major difficulties on entirely paved roads. Many vehicles of different types make this journey daily transporting goods from different places in the interior of the country to the port of Buenaventura.
Es Medellín, no medin Es Barranquilla, no beranca, baronia o cualquier nombre que le pusiste Se pronuncia Buenaventura, no bueno ventura Tumaco no tomaco Contrata alguien que habla español y no Una IA
Someone on Reddit asked this question, and one of the top comments was "Did a mosquito write this post?"
Let's say it's strange for people from outside since most places in the world have most of their population centers on the coasts. The detail with the coasts of Colombia:
- The Pacific as the video says is basically an area isolated from the rest of the country, it rains a lot, the land is not so fertile, many mosquitoes= It is not the most attractive place
- The Atlantic coast is much better, but since we are above the equator the heat is quite high and if you are there for more than a short period of vacation you will start to get tired of it.
Because of the heat in general, unlike many other places, in Colombia most of the population lives in the mountains (in the Andes mountain range). You have a temperate climate + there are many rivers + it is relatively fertile = people like to live there.
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So basically the west coast of Columbia is only good for mosquitoes to live there.
Pronunciation on point. 👍
Two years ago I went on an academic trip to the Colombian Pacific Coast: to Buenaventura, Gorgona National Park, Sanquianga National Park and two villages between Buenaventura and Tumaco, named Guapi and La Tola.
A month earlier I visited the Colombian Amazon on another academic trip and both places are paradises, but there is some kind of epiphany I had there that I didn't have in the Amazon.
I don't know, the Ocean, the endless mangroves on the coast, the neverending rain (on one day it was like if the clouds only took a recess to have lunch and then got back to work raining), the vibrant biodiversity and the people, that despite harsh livelihoods are still resilient and welcoming, all that was like a dream.
@danielsac6316 So why is it so remote? Is it just too much rain?
Thanks for visit my country!
@@joebudi5136 Rain, jungle and mountains.
Que fumaste?
@@jennyportilla5774 Nada.
The pacific west coast is debilitatingly warm, rainy and humid, rife with dengue and other tropical diseases. Attempting to work the land for most crops is decidedly difficult due to these factors. Outside of fishing, tourism and narcotics related activities, there really isn't much to do there in terms of work. To add, narco/paramilitary groups have a presence in certain parts of the west coast, causing internal and external migration.
So it's just like an extension of the Darien gap?
I bet it's still beautiful though..
My experience there as well. However, some of the most stunningly beautiful people I have ever seen in the world live in the small afro-Colombian villages in the Chocó. No gyms, no beauty salons, barely any real buildings, they're just living in shacks with dirt floors. But damn they have the genetics. Men with perfectly sculpted bodies that gym rats here spend their lives trying to get, tall women with perfect proportions, high cheekbones and gleaming ebony skin that look like Grace Jones (but actually feminine and hot). I was amazed, and very, very jealous.
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
@@luddity casi, pero como explicaron en el video, la costa Caribe tiene mejor infraestructura. Llegar al Darién es fácil desde Urabá, en cambio llegar al Baudó, por ejemplo, es imposible
When are we getting "Why so few people live in the earth's core"
@@cineramic.official it's too hot
Because it's hollow and that's where the lizard people live? I mean come on, we know this. 🦎😆
Because it's hardcore.
@@HeavyTopspin clinton and mcconnell live there 😂😂 (look at their necks, don't look like human necks at all).
The pressure down there is almost as intense as what teenagers feel when they are told that all the cool kids smoke
Colombia looks like a very beautiful country ))
it´s really beautiful... but with some precautions and a good planification, a travel there is almost magical. Really worth it!
Yo soy de Colombia y a veces siento que no aprecio el país los suficiente jaja
la revista Forbes lo ha nombrado dos veces como el tercer pais mas lindo del planeta, luego de encuestas a viajeros y agencias de turismo del mundo
@@RomanVarl It is worth visiting Bogota , Boyaca & Bucaramanga rock !
@@josebarrantes8429 tenemos un dicho en ingles: la familiaridad genera desprecio.
Cartagena not cartageña
Boggita
bogoura :v
@@elconocido1994 Catamaran 😅
Bógada?
Romancing the Stone😅
Hey, a little friendly correction. There was actually tarde with eastern Asia, because the Philippines were also a Spanish colony. But, the trade with them was made mainly from Mexico. Besides, the main Spanish city from "Nuevo Reino de Granada" wasn't Buenaventura, but Panama (Colombia until 1903), and the major city on the Pacific South American Spain was Lima.
The guy cannot pronounce ¨"CARTAGEÑA". I just heard him mention Buenaventura, which was a great grandparent's name. SALUDOS !
And there is the element of racism. In South America, the white and Mestizo don't want to be associated with the black minorities. I guess Buenaventura is ignored because it is a Black city
@@resireg C´mon. This is a victimits argue..
@@resireg mate this race bait is tiresome.
@@alvaroherreravidal9714 I wish more Colombians spend more time in the Pacific areas, exploring the least populated areas
You have an incredible eye for finding the hidden gems of every destination.
Video starts at 9:55
thanks
The hero we needed. 💪
Thank you!
Too long of an explanation, isn't it? 😅
@@calebbb95 thank you
Visiting Colombian is on my bucket list. I fell in love with it about 2 yrs ago watching Colombian TV. I want to visit badly!!!!
@Sirianstar10 what you waiting for, LFGO
Most of Colombia's population is concentrated in the Andean zone, half of the country is practically empty or sparsely populated. Where there are jungles there are no big cities, they were never founded because tropical diseases were abundant. Therefore, today there is no development in those areas and the people living in those areas are even poorer than the rest of the country. However, they are beautiful places with great natural landscapes.
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
@@Gianfrancobrescia You really need to learn how to use paragraphs.
Maybe I will read this later.. also for the record, what’s a jungle decease and can you fumigate if?
Asking for a friend..
@@amelianywhere de echo todos los países son Haci o mejor dicho concentran su población en lugares específicos como la Rusia europa que es mas poblada que Siberia. O la coste este de EEUU. El sur este de Brasil . El norte de Argentina. Casi todos amigo
It is truly the exception for the region that most people here in Panama live in the capital, which was also historically a mangrove swamp and rainforest full of dengue and malaria, you can truly see on a terrain map how Darien and the bay of Panama are just an extension of that western lowland side of the Andes, with the metric fuckton of rain and awful awful land for agriculture or industry.
Thanks I gues USA for modern disease control and strategic trading interests, lmao…
I am from Colombia, that region is covered by a lush jungle, it is known as the biogeographic Choco, it rains every day of the year, here in Colombia it is debated that this region has been abandoned by the government and is very neglected, for that same reason its potential to trade with the Pacific has not been exploited, its two main cities are Buenaventura and Quibdo that compete for the title to see which is the rainiest city in the world
@@sanexpreso2944 does it rain every day in Colombia?
@manyulgarprsch In the Pacific yes
Thanks for the info.
Is there something to trade, besides rainwater? You'd need to develop infrastructure through Columbia's natural barriers to get goods to/from population and production areas in the eastern regions of the country.
@@manyulgarprsch Colombia is the country with highest annual precipitation in the world.
The timing of the Panama canal with increased trade with Asia also explains why Cartagena was favored over Buenaventura
...sorry but I disagree... Cartagena was a very important port, more than Buenaventura, for several centuries. Even more: it is/was closer to Colombian highlands route which is Magdalena River, and easier way for trading instead of Buenaventura.
@@ger20cam11 Not just nearby Magdalena, but directly connected through Canal del Dique.
@@danielandressandovalpedrer9851 thats right...
Very well done Geoff! I've visited both Cartagena and Santa Marta a few times on cruises and really enjoy Cartagena. This video confirmed my desire to take an inland tour to Columbia.
I always thought it strange that the big cities in Colombia (and Bolivia) were up in the mountains at high altitude, but now after watching this it kind of makes sense. Thanks
When I worked on a small cargo ship heading from San Diego to Lima our ship had to make an emergency port of call in Buenaventura. And because they didn't have the supplies and parts we needed for repairs we were stuck there for 18 days waiting for another one of our ships to come and pick us up. To say say that it was living hell is an understatement. We couldn't leave the ship and we didn't have power so between the heat, the mosquitoes, and the constant rain it was torture for 18 days straight. And not to make any controversies, but the port authorites and some of the local crews helping on repairs were some of the biggest aholes I have ever met. They wanted to tow us back out into the open ocean on a dead ship. Hell, my shipmates even joked about letting them because it was so bad there we just wanted to leave.
quite the adventure!
Damn! Sounds rough. Sounds like someone didn't grease the right palm 😂
@@trim_z1496 wow. Thanks for sharing that.
Buenaventura is a hell hole.
All my love to Colombia 🇨🇴 from Venezuela 🇻🇪
se dice chavezuela
@Sirius_Zz madurozuela
@@sebbvell3426 Love and blessings to Venezuela from Colombia ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Como Colombiano le deseo muchas bendiciones a Venezuela ❤ somos hermanos por siempre y para siempre 🇨🇴🤝🇻🇪
@Gianfrancobrescia gracias mano igualmente con Petro a ustedes
Bro milks the hell out of these videos to reach 10 minutes. Repeated himself so many times lol
Seriously I felt like I must be accidentally rewinding it in my pocket
"capitalism"
Thank you. I'm stopping watching now and hitting thumbs down. Maybe he will get the message.
It was like watching a ChatGPS video!
Real life lore would find a way to make it 40 minutes without providing any additional info
Thanks for this research! We're visiting Columbia next week so this is very timely
Enjoy your visit to Colombia (the correct spelling for the South American country).
You are very welcome in our country and we hope that you have and amazing experience!! If you need any tips or any questions about your travel let me know Ill be keen to help 🫶🏻
Colombia.
Enjoy your trip to the District of Columbia
hope you'll have fun and enjoy colombia!!
Thank you for this video. I appreciate learning about Colombia. I am adopted and know very little about my Colombian birth father or his country. He was from Cali and came to the USA as a student in the 1960's.
I'm from Cali as your birth father and if you want to know anything more about Colombia let me know
@@ricardobermeomontano7858 Wow, thank you! I don't speak Spanish which makes research on the internet difficult. My birth father's family owned a bus company in Cali. Are there many private bus companies in Cali? I am guessing there are because it is a large city. I am interested in learning more about the indigenous people in Colombia, as my DNA results show I have some indigenous heritage. Do people generally know what groups their indigenous ancestors come from? Do they live in traditional villages or were they pushed into reservations like the indigenous in the US? Thank you!
@@mcb9184 You are guessing right about there are many private bus companies in Cali.
About the question if people generally know what groups their indigenous ancestors come from, the answer is not.
Although many of us are aware that we probably have indigenous ancestors even if we do not know for sure, this ancestral heritage is not usually highly appreciated, and our European heritage is much more valued because it is considered more prestigious.
Even if you value your ancestral indigenous heritage, I find it difficult to know with certainty which specific indigenous groups were your ancestors, unless these ancestors are from recent generations and you have been able to meet them. I don't even think it is possible to know which specific indigenous groups your ancestors were through a genetic test, since I doubt that there were notable genetic differences between the different groups in the region.
Regarding the question of whether the indigenous groups that currently survive live in their traditional villages or have been displaced to government-designated reservations, the answer is that both cases occur.
In the most remote and difficult to access regions of the country, the indigenous groups that live in these areas have been able to preserve their traditional villages, and many of these places have been declared protected reserves by the government and the titles of these lands have been given to the indigenous communities that inhabit them. But in other cases, unfortunately the indigenous people have been displaced from their ancestral lands either by the state, or landowners, or illegal armed groups, and although the state has granted them land for their indigenous reservations, they still long for and claim their originals ancestral lands.
Love this! Please make more videos about colombia 🇨🇴
I love the channel Geoff. However, I think there is a significant amount of information missing from this video. 1) There are debates about whether population of Afro-Colombians in the Pacific Coast is accurately counted in the census. I’ve seen estimates, including up to five million people living in the Pacific, this phenomena is reproduced at the local level, like in Buenaventura where residents say the population is larger than the official figure of ~500k people, 2) the Pacific coastal and river communities have been massively depopulated in the last 30 years due to violent displacement by guerilla and paramilitaries, in addition to economic migration to the Andean interior, 3) further exacerbating the migration is the environmental damage of extractive mining, 4) the environment was harsh for Spanish colonizers, but this wasn’t the case for the African maroons (cimarrones) who were familiar with farming in rainforests in West and Central Africa; almost an crop can grow in the Pacific, and especially in the cloud forests nearer to the western cordillera (which is also part of the Pacific region, formerly enslaved people migrated between these regions), 5) Buenaventura is Colombia’s largest and most important port, around 60-70% of the country’s imports and exports pass through Buenaventura. The city grew in the early 20th century because of its proximity to the coffee plantations in Antioquia (around Medellín), this growth as a port was directly related to the opening of the Panama Canal, 6) I don’t believe this was your intent, but it’s borderline disrespectful to say no one lives in the region, the Pacific is underdeveloped in part because of the historic sentiment that it is a distant frontier area. There are only two roads that reach the Pacific from the interior, one to Buenaventura, and one to Tumaco. These are political decisions, not just the regions geography, 7) and lastly, the departmental capitals that govern the Pacific are all inland Andes cities (Popayan, Cali, etc), this is part of the political geography. Cali was a tiny city until the 1950’s and grew tremendously because of its proximity to Buenaventura. These regional capitals invested in their development and trade internal networks, whereas the Pacific was governed to be a place of resource extraction
Buenaventura grew because of its proximity to Cali, which is the second largest city in Colombia, and the coffee plantations of the Eje Cafetero or Coffee Belt, which are in the departments of Caldas, Risaralda, Caldas, Antioquia, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca (where Buenaventura is located), not because of Antioquia itself, but also because it is the closest port to Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. And it is true that it is all the fault of the Colombian government that did not invest in roads to connect the Colombian Pacific with a road that connects the entire Pacific coast. It is impossible that in the 21st century there are only 2 roads that connect Colombia with the Pacific Ocean.
@ that makes sense. Thanks for the attention to detail
Very interesting comment
Great feedback. Very good to know. I want to visit the Pacific side too.
@@Gianfrancobrescia Estoy de acuerdo en que la conectividad de las principales poblaciones del pacífico colombiano con el interior del país se debe mejorar, pero no estoy seguro que sea una buena idea construir una carretera a lo largo de esta costa porque podría tener un gran impacto negativo en la biodiversidad de la región, que es su más valiosa riqueza. Considero que por el bienestar de la humanidad, hay regiones del planeta que deben permanecer inhabitadas o con poca población, y una de esas regiones para mí es el pacífico colombiano.
The wetness of the Columbian west coast is remarkable when contrasted with the dryness of the Peruvian west coast!
Its very wet by the standpoint of water - DJT
Colombian 🫶🏼
Dropping knowledge when he can’t spell the name of the country 😂😂
@paularguelles6171 Lit
ColOmbia
The north coast of Colombia/Caribbean (specifically, Cartagena) is the birthplace of the bordered red-yellow-green tricolor flag charged with an octagram in the center, known as the "Cuadrilonga" (Quadrangular).
The "cuadrilonga" flag is a green field bordered by yellow and red, and charged in the center with an eight-pointed star. The white star represents people coming from all walks of life, the green represents the hope for a worthy motherland, the yellow represents the Sun of Liberty and the wealth of the land, and the red stands for unity and the blood of patriots.
I am Colombian and I am proud that foreigners make videos of my country
Colombia is a very nice country to visit if the visitor is respectful and sensible. The country has a big heart, the people do. It comes out in the music.
I am from Canada, unfortunately most people know very little about South American countries except the drug wars or when disasters occur.
Me and many of my American friends have visited or really want to visit your country. Beautiful country and kind people. Excellent food and salsa too!
Seattle is not a good example of a rainy city, pretty much anywhere in the midwest, northeast or south is significantly rainier. It's a cloudy city.
Seattle probably has more rainy days per year than those other places. It's just that it's a lighter rain where as in the south more sunny days but when it does rain it's torrential.
The rainiest city in Colombia is the capital of the department of Chocó, its capital is QUIBDÓ
@@rexx9496 New York, Chicago and Seattle all have about the same number of rainy days per year. NYC and Chicago both have a good deal more rain accumulation. Seattle has way more cloudiness though.
Parts of the Olympic National Park, to the west of Seattle, average 135 inches of rain a year.
@@johng4093 yes, that's why Seattle is so much drier than many parts of the NW. It's in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains. They stole all of Seattle's rain! The clouds still float over the city though, wrung out of all their rain. 😁
The most important cities in the Pacific are:
1)Buenaventura :400.000Population
2)Quibdo : 170.000 population
3)Tumaco: 250.000 population
4) Istmina: 50.000 population
@@angelwhiss363 tumaco es mas ciudad que quibdo
@@eduardotorres-hy2ov es en término de importancia no de población
Hi there. With all your effort into your content, I need to figure out how the pronunciations of simple city names seem so tricky. Thanks for all your content.
No se porque TH-cam me empieza a recomendar estos vídeos hasta ahora, pero me parece interesante que empiecen a ser populares estos videos que hablan sobre Colombia sobre todo en la comunidad anglo (y entre otras claro)
@@josebarrantes8429 me parece muy ilustrativo este video
Para comenzar siempre dio curiosidad porque la comunidad Afro colombiana estaba Instalada en su mayoría en esa zona, y se puede ahora ver porque prácticamente tienen otra selva costeña, aparte de la Amazonica en en el oriente del pais
@@AXEL-sy3zt talvez por el terrorismo
@@AXEL-sy3zt y eso también me pone a pensar en que el gobierno no apoya a la gente de el pacifico porque las lluvias fuertes y las inundaciones dañarian todo y perderían mucha plata. muy mala suerte para la gente de el pacifico
@@9x99I A pesar de la gran cantidad de lluvia que cae en la región del pacífico colombiano, este se inunda menos que otras zonas del país donde llueve mucho menos. Esto es gracias a que es una región con poca deforestación en comparación con las otras regiones del país, y cuando hay inundaciones en esta región, éstas se dan principalmente en las zonas más deforestadas por la mano del ser humano.
Así que la mala suerte de los habitantes del pacífico colombiano no es vivir allí, sino tener mayormente un color de piel que ha sido despreciado desde hace varios siglos, y que si bien en el presente es más apreciado, aún sigue existiendo un considerable desprecio sobre todo en las élites gobernantes que en su gran mayoría son de un color de piel más claro.
Un punto importante a tener en cuenta es que muchos nos oponemos tanto de la población local como de otras regiones, a que la región se llene de grandes poblaciones y de infraestructuras como carreteras, aeropuertos y puertos marítimos que terminen destruyendo la gran biodiversidad de la zona, que es la mayor riqueza y patrimonio de la región. Lo ideal es que solo se construya la infraestructura necesaria para que la población local tenga buena calidad de vida pero sin sacrificar la biodiversidad de la zona, y que más bien ésta sea el principal motor económico de la región a través del ecoturismo y la producción sostenible.
I am Colombian and I passed This video, In fact, I invite you to investigate if San Basilio de Palenque
So the other obvious element is racism. The white and Mestizo Colombians don't want to be associated with the Blacks in Buenaventura
lack to mention that Panama was part of Colombia and how isolation of the pacific coast also was influenced by that the connection between the atlantic and pacific (at earlier times) could been easier by Panama than by traveling all the way to the resty of the pacific coast... Also the amazonia and the Orinoquia are not populated; should include how much population is in those two to understand that most of colombia are jungles and far from the andean ( populated regions)
There is no ñ in Cartagena. It's just a solid n
Not a soft n?
@@Bhq870 lol
@@Bhq870 no, just an n. there is no 'soft' n in spanish there's the n and the ñ which is a different letter altogether.
No dangling participles?
Geoff’s Spanish pronunciation is quite lacking
I live in the Central Cordillera, and what has been said in this video is very accurate.
Also, Panama City was the largest city on the Pacific of the Nueva Grenada Viceroyalty, no additional city was required in colonial times.
Guayaquil, Salinas, Manta and Esmeraldas where also colonial pacific costal cities in Nueva Grandada, all of them now in ecuador
The white and Mestizo Colombians don't want to be associated with the Blacks in Buenaventura. So racism is part of the problem
"Nueva Granada"
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Ame el video. Soy colombiano y me hizo mucha gracia los nombres que le pone a las ciudades y lugares, pero, aun así, fue un buen video.
Why did you use a picture of Northern Turkey (presumably near Trabzon) when talking about Colombia? At 4:13 the middle one
I asked for this video a year ago and it's finally here, thank you!!!🥰🥰🥰
It is good there’s not much human activity in the Colombian pacific so nature can thrive on its own.
This is a good video. Well done. I'm from Colombia, and I think your description of its history and development is quite accurate.
Another major factor in the non-development of the Pacific region was the lack of shipping access. Prior to completion of the Panama Canal in approximately 1914, water access was afforded only by circumnavigating Cape Horn, a lengthy, expensive and dangerous undertaking.
Loved the video! Great content about my beautiful country.
video request: Why So Few People Live On central america east coast
I’d be interested in this
@@guyman345ofspounge4 hurricane
@@guyman345ofspounge4 Hurricanes
In the case of Costa Rica, probably because is hot, humid, rains almost all the year (there isn't a definite dry season like in the rest of the country), and it has such long rivers.
coutining on my comment: or why so few people live on central america Caribbean coast
Gracias por enseñar esta hermosa geografía y por visibilizar mi bello país. Saludos desde Bogotá D.C. ❤❤❤
Very informative and awesome video! I know some Colombians with poor family in Medellin but even poorer family in the Choco department in the west. I viisted and climibed El Penol! Nice photo of it at the end!. Thanks.
La pobreza se mide diferente
Why Colombia has never given importance to that region, unfortunately they never invest any money in that region, only in the Andean and the Caribbean. The Pacific region does not have a road that connects it with its coast as occurs in the other countries of America, Colombia is the only one in South America that does not have a coastal road in the Pacific or in its entire coast at 100%. In other words, the Colombian Pacific coast does not have a road that borders and is next to the sea for tourism or travel and that can be developed, this forgetfulness has brought a bit of backwardness and what has the lack of employment as a consequence in addition to the arrival of companies, there is no competitiveness, the people of the Pacific coast connect and are transported by boats or ships, type there is no direct road that connects Buenaventura with Tumaco (2 cities of the Pacific coast) without having to use the Pan-American highway that goes and passes through the Andes and is connected by the cities of the Andes. The Colombian government does not invest in airports in those cities. Buenaventura has the most important port in Colombia, but all the money it produces is taken to the capital, Bogotá, and Medellín, because many of the country's politicians are from those regions and invest the entire country's money only in their cities. That is why Colombia has to be federal, not centralist. In the Pacific is Buenaventura and belongs to the department of Valle del Cauca whose capital is Cali, thanks to its proximity and having a road that connects it with it is that its port is standing and helps Colombia to grow and connect it with Asia, because Cali is the second largest city in Colombia by size and third in population, in addition to that thanks to Buenaventura and its port there is the Industrial Capital of Colombia which is Yumbo next to Cali facilitating exports abroad through that port, the department of Valle del Cauca is the most developed Department in Colombia by HDI, by the Port of Buenaventura and Cali and because it has several cities with quite a lot of population but that are distributed throughout the Department without being close to Cali, and they all grow, practically this department is the only one that brings the Colombian Pacific forward because it always tries to make it progress like the COP16 that was held there this year and makes treaties with the other departments so that they also have development and industry, and Buenaventura is the only city with sea in Valle del Cauca because the others are already in the Andean zone, like Cali and Yumbo, since the province is divided in half by the Andes, that is why Buenaventura is part of the Pacific and is taken into account in the video and the other half of the department almost not, because it is an Andean zone. If there were roads, airports, in addition to more investment in security by the Colombian government, there would be more tourism and much more development, as well as more international companies, because currently to go to a beach you need to go by boat or launch, that is, it is not easy to access to visit one, because there is no connectivity if it is not by sea. Practically the only major airport in the Pacific Region of Colombia is the Alfonso Bonilla Aragon International Airport in Cali, which is where all the people from the Pacific go to go abroad. Buenaventura and Tumaco do not have a decent airport and Pasto has one that is thousands of kilometers high and it is difficult to land there because it is in the middle of the Andes and many times it does not work throughout the year due to strong winds because the climate is not very favorable, and the airport is located next to a canyon.
Excelente video desde Colombia, Bogotá muchas gracias
Current Panama was also part of Columbia.
Brillante, Excelente informacion 👍
Video starts at 10:35.
Thanks for the video. I did not know the geography of Colombia and if I had to guess I would have been really wrong.
I have been to Bogotá several times and always tried to leave as quickly as possible. Too much traffic and air pollution coupled with the altitude and miserable weather. Not for me. Santa Marta is wonderful.
Any other cities you recommend? Cali, Cartagena, Barranquilla?
Barranquilla was nice. Villavicencio had one of the most interesting shopping malls I have visited: Primavera Urbana.
@@vladarino Cali traffic is just as chaotic, though it is warmer than Bogota.
Learnt a bunch of useful things from this presentation. Thanks Geoff
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Extremely interesting. Gives much more insight into what is and has been going on in Columbia and South America.
@@DonaldAllred-g5k *Colombia.
Colombia's Pacific coast is the Biogeographical Chocó, with the highest precipitation (and richest biodiversity) on the planet. It has average temperatures in the 30°C range. Thus it has the greatest competition for life of anywhere in the world. Lots of protozoans, as well as other microbes. Lots of insects that serve as vectors. Right below Panama, which had 40,000 people die of yellow fever and malaria while the canal was built 120 years ago, the Biogeographical Chocó is the least colonizeable region of Colombia. Thank goodness! It's the most beautiful place I've seen, from Alaska down to Chile. Sharply contrasts to the arid and desert of the Atlantic coast, Guajira, which has its own beauty. There is also the central Tatacoa desert, in Huila. Colombia has more regions than this clip says.
Great video! I learned a lot and it was fascinating! Thank you so much! 😮
Since 1993 (law 70) Afro-Colombian people were given the right to form councils that can claim title to lands. That's how uncertainty about property rights turned much of the coast into “no-man’s land”. Perfect conditions for drug lords to operate in this region.
This is the perfect way to keep investors out of the Colombian Pacific coast, and condemn the people to poverty and violence.
Great documentary, thank you !
Colombia's West coast encompasses the majority of the "Chocó bioregion", which is arguably the wettest tropical rainforest in the world. In precolonial times it wasn't very populated either and the arrival of the Spaniards and other "old world" peoples didn't change that. Also the Spanish had already built important port cities on the pacific coast of the Americas like Lima, Panama city and Acapulco. There was no need for a large costal city on modern day Colombia's West coast.
If you are interested in a short geographical study of an area,Geoff does an excellent job. Looking at all these complainers comments, reminds me that you can't please most people nowadays.
What a beautiful country
Almost as beautiful as our Brazil
We Colombians love Brasil
@GP-dz1yi we love Colômbia too
Brasil is a lot more beautiful, and I lived in the two countries
@@brljg It depends, Colombia has more diverse landscapes, anyway Brazil is a very beautiful country too
I would LOVE to live on the west coast of Colombia. I spent 9 years in Costa Rica and I miss it. The Pacific coast is awesome, the fishin is incredible and I love the weather. There are 2 seasons, very wet and not so wet. Being able to grow food all year is really nice.
Costa Rica Pacific is a walk in the park compared to Colombian Pacific. You'd cry for your mom within a week.
@laladou5187 doubt it
Dejen de molestarlo por la pronunciación. Él está hablando en Inglés y así es como suenan esas palabras dichas por un gringo. El video esta dirijo al público Inglés. Deberíamos estar felices que están hablando de nuestro país en lugar de molestar por tonterías que no afectan el objetivo del video.
cuidado un gringo te escucha hablando inglés con un "acento raro" porque ya te están echando de su pais
lo único que no entiendo es por qué dice cartageña, lo demás es aceptable porque lo pronuncia con su acento pero la ñ fantasma no sé de dónde le vino.
it's a geography channel. the name has literally geography on it. knowing the names of the places he cover should be basic. also, with all the tools available on the internet, not using them was just damn lazy
Amigo, se le agradece mucho que hable de nuestro país ya que ha hablado de Brasil, Argentina y Chile, pero las cosas se hacen bien o no se hacen porque la gente va a creer que los Muisas y los Tyrona poblaban Colombia antes de Colón en lugar de los Muiscas y Tayronas.
I can’t wait to visit this beautiful country this year 😍
Sounds like the perfect place to test mildew remover.
Good explanation and geographical overview
Same map shows where black Colombians live
@@Equilibrium-Manifesto That was the place where they could escape and not be found. That was an impenetrable tropical forest filled will all kind of endemic diseases.
Yeah I know, I guess he covered that I just know from being a map enthusiast this is a Afro Colombian area which has exactly the same mapping on ethnic maps. Never knew it was undeveloped and all the stuff in this video tho
@@herlyngsegura that makes sense, inaccessible means good hiding spot.
@@herlyngsegura And sugarcane industry too?
@@tiagor.369 the sugarcane industry is in the Andes region, mainly in the Valley of the Cauca River
Excelente contenido mi amigo.
Thanks for sharing
Cloud forests are great. Theyre like jungle but without the heat and diease. If you ever want to visit a jungle but in relative comfort i recommend Costa Rico which has large cloud forest. Lots of the same animals and tree's as a jungle and beautiful waterfalls
@@mdl2427 Limon Costa Rica has better jungled
Limón Costa Rica has better jungles
In Colombia we have cloud forests too, larger than the Costa Ricans ones probably. I recommend the ones that are located in Los Farallones de Cali.
El 90% de la población del país se concentra en la región andina y Caribe , o sea casi 50 millones de colombianos viven en el 40% del territorio nacional
En realidad de los 52 millones de colombianos: 38 millones viven en Los Andes, 10 millones viven en el Caribe y el resto en otras regiones con poca población
Your camera quality and lighting have improved by leaps and bounds. Looks great!
Geoff - another excellent video. I recommend, though, that you work on your pronunciation of Spanish names.
Thanks for this description is very informative
15:06 bogoda 😢
Amazing video, well done! I have always wondered why there were no major cities on the Pacific Coast of Colombia and couldn't find any clear reason why on the internet/TH-cam...UNTIL NOW! I have been following your channel for over a year now and have been enjoying the unique geography content you create. Keep up the great work!
also, the choco region is a fairly unsafe place to live within Colombia, as a lot of guerillas have found refuge within it´s dense jungles
Eso es culpa del gobierno nacional por tenerlo olvidado además de que no ha sido capaz de construirle VIAS, para conectarlo con el resto del país y así atraer empresas, empleo, dignidad y turismo. Si el Gobierno Nacional de Colombia no está presente los grupos ilegales se apoderan de esos territorios infelizmente, y la gente de bien es la que sufre
Very good video. I enjoy your geography videos very much. Keep up the excellent work
Colombia 🇨🇴 has a population of 53 million people plus 3 million Venezuelans
Thank u for making a vid about my country, I hope u share more about the history, geografic and demografic about Colombia thank u again 💖🔥❤️🔥
You’re calling the capital “Bogoda”, it’s pronounced bo-go-tah, Bogotá
Carta-hay-nyuh bothered me too
@@santiagojimenez2790 Geoff sounds like the whitest person you've never met so try not to hold it against him
I thought it was being pronounced not quite right lol Have not been there but been to 3 other cities, towns. Love the food and natural environment.
Usa un transcriptor para no gastarse el dinero. Es un rata.
Guys give the men a break it’s not a native language for him , they must feel the same when they hear latinos pronounce Us cities incorrectly.
Absolutely Fabulous....what a find....Big thanx 😊
Antidotel information, but if you're learning Spanish, the Pacific Coast population speak clear and excellent Spanish and if you're going for an immersive education, its great for one's listening/speaking skills when learning (on top of Columbia having the best spoken Spanish)
Thank you sir, Very good information. I have Family in Bogota . I must visit the Pacific Coast. Gracias :) Cheers ...HG
You would think Orinoquia would be lower because its inland and would be mostly be ranching with medium-sized towns on the rivers and only maybe 1 city over 250k
Orinoquía has 1.6 million people. It has grown rapidly due to oil and ranching.
Chocó (the Pacific region) has 500,000 people.
Amazonas has 70,000 people. Like Chocó, it is isolated by high mountains and dense jungle.
@@theontologist The Colombian pacific region has around 1.5 million people
Gracias por la pista en audio en Español ❤ Bien por esta nocedad de Youtuve en los videos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We Colombians may be only culture to prefer to live in the mountains than in the coast. It's hard to find another civilization who prefers mountains over coast.
Quizás en América, pero en Europa y Asia hay muchos países cuya capital o ciudad más importante se encuentra en el interior, aunque el país tenga costas. Ej: España, Alemania, Francia, India, etc...
Tibet, Nepal and Sikkhim.
There's Bolivia nearby with the highest capital in the world. They also don't have much choice anymore as they no longer have a coast.
@@carlosparra9527 Not people trying to prove you wrong mentioning landlocked countries and regions.
Pretty much all countries in the Equator prefer to live in mountains where the weather isn't scorching
@14:20 does he say mining or miming? I heard alot of mimes come from Colombia but I'm not sure.
Great Work
It should be noted that in terms of water volume, Seattle is NOT rainy! We only get a modest amount of rain in a year compareted to, say, Forks, WA. What makes it *palpably* rainy in the Seattle area is that the rainfall is not often actually all that heavy. What it IS, however, is *consistent* in its normally quite moderate amounts of rainfall. Normally, we get rain from mid-September to mid-June far more days than not. Even if it's only mildly rainy, this just seems a lot wetter because there are more *days* of rain, not necessarily more volume.
There are other reasons to add, a segregation against the black and indigenous community by the criollos, the actual president is the first in visit many forgotten places not just in the Caribbean but across Colombia, the corruption and negligence to not invest in those regions because they (the rich criollos)has gotten the monopoly over chickens of golden eggs in other part and that racism, are the other big factors, the actual vice president of Colombia is the first person of that region on such a position.
what has useless Petro and useless Francia Marquez done about it? nothing
The real answer is said around 13:44 in the video. The Pacific Region of Colombia is the equivalent to the underground railroad, where many slave comunities scaped to form towns called "palenques". But because those Palenques were not meant to be discovered, they were mostly ignored and were not given basic needs by the government.
😂 the city of Bowgotuh😂
Bogotuah
@@TheSeanathon exactly! I’m like: “Dude! At least pronounce the city correctly!” 😂
Also "Curt-ah-hay-ñah" lol.
@@cobylyons4439 Pronounce in English or in Spanish? I think he's doing as good as what one can expect.
@@Divedown_25 The thing is the accentuated syllable. Since it is pronounced /baw-gaw-TAH/ ([bo.ɣoˈ.t̪a]), you can pronounce /bow-gə-TAH/ and it will be fine. But /BOW-gə-tuh/, /bə-GOAT-uh/, /BOW-gut-ə/ or /bow-GUT-ə/ is just wrong.
Great quality just step back from repeating yourself
I know that cali in Colombia is around the west coast
Yes, but it is still in the Andean region. It is pretty close to the Pacific Region, but being in between the Western and Central Cordilleras, it is fully an Andean city.
I wanted to visit Buenaventura with my family so we took a flight to Cali thinking that, yeah, it's pretty close to Buenaventura. Then there was a landslide and the road was completely blocked for days. Just a reminder that Cali might be very close to the Pacific (and culturally, it is), but there's still a bigass mountain range in between.
Cali is located between 2 mountain ranges and right in the middle of them there is a huge Inter-Andean Valley where the Cauca River, the second largest in Colombia, passes, and Buenaventura is located on the Pacific Coast and Cali is located between the 2 mountain ranges, that is why Cali is Andean, and Buenaventura is Pacific. Both cities belong to the Department of Valle del Cauca, which is the most developed in Colombia by HDI. That is why Buenaventura has the most important port in the country because it is on the Pacific coast.
@@eriathdienYess
It takes about 2 hours by 🚗 to go from Cali to Buenaventura
Nice Video Geoff, I visited Columbia several years ago, travelling to Bogota, Cali and later Medellin (at the time it was a bugger at customs coming back with the stamp on my passport!!), I wanted to drive to the West Coast, but it was impossible, the roads were largely impassable that crossed the Andes, except one I found on a map that went so high that the hire car could not operate properly due to the lack of Oxygen - it was a normally aspirated Honda CRV - gutless. Thanks for the overview - really enjoyed it..
You can take charter flights now there, from Medillin
@ Thanks - but they won't allow 4x4s on as hand luggage 😂
ColOOOOOmbia! 🤦🏼♀️ Lord!
What part of the Colombian Andes were you trying to cross? We don't have the Best roads in the world but you can drive to Buenaventura on the west coast crossing the Andes without major difficulties on entirely paved roads. Many vehicles of different types make this journey daily transporting goods from different places in the interior of the country to the port of Buenaventura.
Good job my friend
Es Medellín, no medin
Es Barranquilla, no beranca, baronia o cualquier nombre que le pusiste
Se pronuncia Buenaventura, no bueno ventura
Tumaco no tomaco
Contrata alguien que habla español y no Una IA
Cállese
Enjoyed the video over all pronunciations were wild though I’m glad you made the video regardless 👍🏽
Why do a lot of people seem to not get that it's Colombia, not Columbia 😅
Superb quality of video.