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	Caribbean Coast: Gulf of Urabá - Coasts of Colombia
		The Gulf of Urabá is a relatively wave protected environment with a general NS orientation and a maximum width of 20 km at its northern end (Fig.
		South of Necoclí, the Gulf of Urabá is dominated by deposition associated with recent human activities, the Turbo River delta being the most important (Figs.
		Northwest of the Gulf of Urabá and the Atrato River delta (Fig.
	coastal.er.usgs.gov /coasts-colombia/caribbean/uraba.html (470 words)

	Colombia: Paramilitaries of Uraba
		Since then, according to a priest in one of the town's three parishes, there have been about 10 disappearances a week and bodies are found almost every morning along the road leading out of town and on to Apartadó.
		A half hour drive up the Panamerican on the Gulf is Punta de Piedra, a tiny community of 60 living in 15 or 20 shacks.
		100 kilometres south of Turbo is the town of Mutata, the southern limit of Uraba and the apparent territorial objective of the paras.
	www.colombiasupport.net /uraba/paras.html (2276 words)

	Vasco Nunez de Balboa
		During this voyage they crossed the Gulf of Urabá[?] (on the coast of present-day Colombia), and saw the Native American village of Darién in present-day Panama.
		However, he soon amassed a large amount of debt, and to escape from his creditors stowed away on a supply ship headed for San Sebastian on the Gulf of Uraiba, hidden in a cask.
		Balboa made one expedition with the ships, to the Pearl Islands[?] in the Gulf of Panama[?].
	ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/va/Vasco_Nunez_de_Balboa.html (659 words)

	Darien, Gulf of -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Farther northwest along the Panama coast of the gulf, Caledonia Bay is the site of remains of a 17th-century Scottish colony (New Caledonia), a shipwreck (the Olive Branch, sunk 1699), and a fortification (Fort St. Andrew, in use 1698–1700), all of which were discovered by archaeologists in 1979.
		The gulf is almost landlocked by a fishhook prong of the Magnesia peninsula, which forms the Tríkkeri Strait.
		At the head of the gulf is Vólos, the primary port of Thessaly.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9028776 (1031 words)

	Sculpting an Isthmus: The Panama Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Colombia, in the area of the Choco, from Bay of Chirichiri to the Gulf of Uraba, through the use of the rivers Arato and Napipi; 290 kilometers long, 22 locks, and a tunnel 6 kilometers.
		Colombia, in the area of Darien, from Acandi to the Gulf of San miguel; 125 kilometers longand a tunnel of 17 kilometers.
		Colombia, in the area of Darien, from the Gulf of Uraba to the Gulf of San Miguel, using the entire length of the Atrato river; 235 kilometerslong 22 locks and a tunnel of 2 kilometers.
	courses.lib.odu.edu /engl/cwhithau/539/9_ecologies/Kilsa_Benjamin/panama03.html (296 words)

	Castillo de Oro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Balboa was at this time a man of very pleasing appearance, and later, when at sea, his presence on board became known, he made such an earnest appeal to the Commander, that the latter reversed his earlier decision to throw him overboard.
		The ocean at this point on the coast forms a gulf to which Balboa gave the name of San Miguel in honor of his having arrived there on the day the Catholic church celebrates this saint, which name it bears at the present time.
		Here the crews of his ships became alarmed at a school of whales, whom they took to be reefs in the ocean, and induced Balboa was brought to a sudden stop, by orders received from Pedrarias, the Governor, authorizing Balboa's arrest and imprisonment, under the charge of being a traitor to the Crown.
	www.czbrats.com /MiNombre/Paniguana/castle.htm (3850 words)

	Juan de la Cosa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On fourth voyage 1499 Cosa was the first pilot for the expedition of Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci, and was with them amongst the first to set foot on the South American Continent on the Gulf of Paria.
		When the Spanish court found soon afterwards that the Portuguese had made several incursions into the newly discovered country, Queen Isabella sent Juan de la Cosa at the head of a delegation to Portugal, to demonstrate.
		Cosa was nominated alguazil major, and in 1504-05(?) (or 1506) was commander of an expedition to the Pearl Islands and the Gulf of Uraba to found settlements there.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juan_de_la_Cosa (565 words)

	Castillo Del Oro
		The Nicuesa concession had been to Veragua, as beginning west of the Gulf Of Uraba and of unlimited extent westward, and was given in disregard of the discovery and title of Columbus.
		The narrows of the upper gulf were crossed to the land of Chape, where Balboa had made his first discovery of the South Sea.
		At the island of Cebaco, lying across the entry to the gulf, there was a brief fight followed by an alliance; its cacique and his fleet of canoes continued with them to another island, which was called Isla De Varones because of its stronger defense.
	www.angelfire.com /pa2/Panama2Hot/castill.html (7884 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Men of Panamá
		When they reached the Gulf of Urabá (now Darién), they first thought it might be a passage to another sea but realized it was a bay because the water was not salty. Bastidas sailed his two ships along the coast of Panamá, perhaps as far as the site of Nombre de Díos.
		Instead, Balboa charmed Enciso to change course for the Gulf of Urabá and the colony of San Sebastian.
		Balboa persuaded Enciso to head to the western shore of the gulf.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=688 (1666 words)

	Energy and Geoscience Institute Instructional Services Catalog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The purpose of this work is to provide a regional geologic base map for subsequent field mapping and exploration in the Uraba area.
		The primary purpose of this report is to discuss the regional stratigraphy and structural geology of the Golfo de Uraba as recorded by the aerial photographs.
		Of secondary importance is to examine the photogeologic evidence for the location of the Atrato Fault, also known as the Uramita Fault, which is a major crustal boundary joining continental and oceanic rocks and a potential barrier to petroleum migration.
	associates.egi.utah.edu /Database/ReportReview.cfm?Record=197 (193 words)

	EarthCycle Short Stories
		The Gap refers to the gap in the road between the town of Yaviza, in Panamá and the department of Chocó, Colombia.
		The nearest road that could connect Yaviza and Colombia is route 62 which starts at Turbo, on the Gulf of Urabá and goes to Medellín.
		The FARC was born in the 1970s as a Marxist group that buddied up with existing "Guerrilla" groups that were fighting against the recently,and questionably, elected government called the National Front Alliance of Liberals and Conservatives.
	www.earthcycle.org /journal42.htm (623 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Juan de la Cosa
		on the coast of the Gulf of Uraba, 28 February, 1510.
		When Columbus in 1492 made preparations for his voyage to the west, Juan de la Cosa had attained such reputation, that the great discoverer engaged him, together with his ship Santa Maria, and in spite of a passing estrangement between them, he secured de la Cosa's services as cartographer for his second expedition in 1493-96.
		He was nominated alguazil major, and in 1504-05 was commander of an expedition to the Pearl Islands and the Gulf of Uraba to found settlements there.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04402d.htm (559 words)

	The Colombian Plan Pacfico: Sustaining the Unsustainable
		The futuristic centerpiece of Barco's plans was the construction of the Puente Terrestre Inter-oceanico (PTI), a land bridge between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans near Panama, comprising a railway, road, canal and oil pipeline.
		Crossing the Baudo mountain range and the Darien swamplands, the PTI was to connect two planned superports, one in Cupica on the Pacific Coast and the other on the Caribbean on the western side of the Gulf of Uraba.
		The PTI would be completed with the construction of a 10 km viaduct across the Gulf of Uraba to link up with Turbo on the eastern side.
	www.colombiasupport.net /environment/barnes.html (5780 words)

	Colombia: field activities 2002
		The unit will be setting off from this port in the Gulf of Urabá on a long trip up the Atrato.
		This village on the banks of the Atrato gave the unit the chance of a much-needed break.
		The mobile health unit travels the Atrato river and its tributaries, bringing primary health care to areas that would otherwise be deprived of such services by the conflict.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/833AB2A41A129FD9C1256C3A004C247A?OpenDocument&Style=Custo_Final.3&View=defaultBody4 (331 words)

	Naomi's Balboa Report
		He was constantly in debt and knew that he needed to leave Hispaniola immediately because he could not pay the debts, although it was illegal to leave the island without paying the debts.
		One of Balboa’s friends heard of a ship that was leaving Hispaniola bound for part of the Gulf of Uraba as a relief effort for a colony founded by Alonso de Ojeda.
		Balboa suggested that the expedition travel to a different part of the Gulf of Uraba where there was more food and the natives did not have poisonous arrows.
	www.eagleschool.org /cprice/sixseven/Galleons/2002/reports/Naomi's_Balboa_Report.html (1873 words)

	The Nation, 02/21/1972 - Running a Dream Through a Swamp by Soles, Roger E.
		...Upon reaching the coastal plains, the highway could continue south along the Caribbean to the city of Titumar, Colombia, on the Gulf of Uraba...
		...Gulf Oil and Superior Oil Companies are also exploring further south in the swamp...
		...The Gulf of Uraba is an easier crossing than the channel, because it is well protected and subject to little wind or tide...
	www.archive.thenation.com /Summaries/v214i0008_06.htm (2953 words)

	Rodrigo de Bastidas
		When they anchored at a place, were the water was only four fathoms deep, they found it to be fresh water, not sea water, making them realize that they were in a bay, not passage across Tierra Firme.
		Exploring the coast line of the gulf, they saw the mouth of the Atrato River on the western side of the gulf, and continued north.
		After exploring the Gulf of Urabá, he sailed northwest into the Gulf of Darien along the coast of present day Panamá.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/rodrigo_de_bastidas.htm (2319 words)

	Antioquia Article, Antioquia Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It borders on the Caribbean Sea at the Gulf of Uraba, but is mostly mountainous, with two ranges of the Western Cordillera, and isbordered on the east by the Magdalena River.
		Many of the later issues, such as those from 1899, are readily available, but authentic usages on cover are scarce.
		antioqua, uraba, antioquai, states, antiouia, santa, antioqui, own, antioqiua, pedro, antiouqia, colombia, ntioquia, murindo, anioquia, pueblorrico, natioquia, montebello, anitoquia, marinilla, atioquia, nari, antiquia, nare, antioqia, penol, antoquia, triunfo, atnioquia, necocli,, ceja, antiokwia, frontino, antoiquia, gomez, antiqouia, fredonia
	www.anoca.org /san/uraba/antioquia.html (214 words)

	peace index
		BOGOTA, Colombia: The coastal region around the Gulf of Uraba has long been home to a steady stream of massacres and assassinations, carried out alternately by left-wing guerrillas and right-wing paramilitary groups in a bloody tug-of-war for territorial control.
		But a number of programs are working with the children of Uraba to put the community's bloody past behind them and instead help build a peaceful society.
		In Uraba, there are virtually no options: You become a paramilitary or a guerrilla.
	www.tgmag.ca /peace/article.htm (1372 words)

	Colombiamoda 2005 // Agosto - august 17 - 19 // Plaza Mayor, Medellín - Colombia
		Their proximity to the Gulf of Uraba, the tie point of the Americas, with the commerce of the world through the Panama Canal, key in the opening and modernization of the economy make of Medellín an international communications center.
		Medellín is the forced step of both axes conceived to unite by land South America and Central America, including the integration from Venezuela to the Pan-American system.
		Medellín is 400 kms of Bogotá, (30 minutes by airplane) 416 kms of Santiago de Calí, 700 kms of Cartagena, and 370 kms of the future international port of Turbo, in the Gulf of Uraba.
	www.colombiamoda.com /ingles/medellin.htm (651 words)

	Gulf of Uraba / Golfo de Uraba (Poorbuthappy in Colombia!)
		Gulf of Uraba / Golfo de Uraba (Poorbuthappy in Colombia!)
		can anybody please give me some actual information about security on the north coast of Choco, gulf of Uraba.
		Se que es peligroso dentro de la selva pero quiero viajar con lanchas de un pueblo al otro.
	poorbuthappy.com /colombia/post/gulf-of-uraba--golfo-de-uraba (196 words)

	Colonial Panama
		The land that makes up the present day country of Panamá, was discovered by Rodrigo de Bastidas in 1506, after sailing west along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia, discovering Cape Tiburon, and the Gulf of Urabá.
		Crossing the Gulf of Urabá, he sailed northwest into the Gulf of Darien along the coast of Panamá.
		Balboa suggested and convinced the settlers to move the settlement to the western side of the gulf, to a place he had been to on his voyage with Bastidas.
	www.bruce.ruiz.net /PanamaHistory/colonial_panama.htm (2051 words)

	Darien, Gulf of -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It connects North and South America and separates the Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) from the Gulf of Panama (Pacific Ocean).
		A year later Christopher Columbus, on his fourth voyage, sailed along the Caribbean coast from the Bay of Honduras to Panama, accumulating much information and a little gold, but again making no settlement.
		geographic region of the easternmost Isthmus of Panama; it extends into northwestern Colombia, around the Gulf of Urabá (a section of the Gulf of Darién), and forms the physiographic link between Central and South America.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9028776 (989 words)

	Martin Fernandez de Enciso
		A bargain was soon made between them; Ojeda gave Enciso the title of alcalde mayor of his government, and the latter agreed to furnish a ship with provisions and men.
		After a visit to the gulf of Uraba, where he found his companions a prey to famine, Ojeda determined to return to Santo Domingo and hasten the arrival of the succors promised by Enciso, leaving Francisco Pizarro in the new colony.
		At Carthagena he was joined by a ship, under the orders of Pizarro, which had left Uraba some fifty days after the departure of Ojeda and was carrying to Santo Domingo the few colonists who had survived the famine.
	www.famousamericans.net /martinfernandezdeenciso (700 words)

	Discoverers Web: Balboa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		During this voyage they crossed the Gulf of Urabá (on the coast of present-day Columbia), and saw the indian village of Darién in present-day Panama.
		However, he soon amassed a large amount of debts, and to escape from his creditors he hijacked on a supplyship headed for San Sebastian on the Gulf of Uraiba, hidden in a cask.
		The transport of the materials across the isthmus costed the lives of many indian slaves.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/balboa.html (643 words)

	Separatism in Urabá: a UN pilot project
		Immediately afterwards, Panama signed a treaty with the United States in which Panama granted a chunk of its territory for the United States to build an interoceanic canal.
		The Gulf of Urabá is one of the only routes possible for a new, sea-level interoceanic canal.
		Only 100 kilometers separate Urabá on the Atlantic Ocean from the Pacific.
	www.larouchepub.com /other/1995/2245_colombia_uraba.html (1466 words)

	De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) - The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by Trans. by Francis Augustus MacNutt eBook ...
		It now remains for me to speak of the rivers of Uraba.
		The Darien, which is almost too narrow for the native canoes, flows into the Gulf of Uraba, and on its banks stands a village built by the Spaniards.
		Vasco Nunez explored the extremity of the gulf and discovered a river one league broad and of the extraordinary depth of two hundred cubits, which flows into the gulf by several mouths, just as the Danube flows into the Black Sea, or the Nile waters the land of Egypt.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/12425/166.html (472 words)

	Darien -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
		Darién was first reached by Europeans in 1501 and was seen by Christopher Columbus on his last voyage.
		The first successful European settlement on the mainland of the Americas, Santa María de la Antigua del Darién, was begun in 1510 on the western side of the Gulf of Urabá.
		From this colony Vasco Núñez de Balboa made his famous march to the Pacific Ocean in 1513.
	concise.britannica.com /ebc/article-9028773 (1139 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The department of Antioquia is situated in norwestern Colombia.
		It has access to the Caribbean Sea at the Gulf of Uraba in the northwesternmost part of the department, while in central Antioquia two ranges of the Colombian Andeas meet.
		Antioquia has a surface area of 63,612 km2 with an estimated population of 4,500,000 as of June, 1990.
	www.colostate.edu /Orgs/LASO/Colombia/Antioquia (150 words)

	Worldpress.org - Small - Arms - Colombia - Panama
		A Colombian soldier watches a helicopter land east of Medillin, March 15, 2002 (Photo: AFP).
		The biggest illegal arms shipment known to have arrived in Colombia landed in Turbo, a port on the Gulf of Urabá, on Colombia's Atlantic coast, last November.
		The weapons, enough to equip a lethal paramilitary offensive, were unloaded into trucks at the port, which has been controlled for several years by the right-wing United Colombian Self-Defense (AUC) militia.
	www.worldpress.org /print_article.cfm?article_id=636&dont=yes (1792 words)

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