Buenaventura

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Buenaventura

Total population

365,607

Coordinates3.89°, -77.07°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city located in the Pacific Region of the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Buenaventura is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Freddy Rincón

Colombian footballer (1966–2022)

Yuri Buenaventura

Colombian singer

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Adolfo Valencia

Colombian footballer

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Libia Grueso

Colombian activist

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Leonardo Mina Polo

Colombian footballer

Dúvier Riascos

Colombian football player

Edison Miranda

Colombian boxer

Manuel Arboleda

Colombian footballer

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Delio Gamboa

Colombian footballer (1936-2018)

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Astolfo Romero

Colombian football player

M

Marino Klinger

Colombian footballer (1936-1975)

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Óscar Rivas

Colombian boxer

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Achito Vivas

Colombian footballer

Luis Fernando Mosquera

Colombian footballer

Stalin Ortiz

Colombian basketball player

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Fausto Bocanegra

biologist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Valle del Cauca

• Zacarias
  7 mi away
• Taparal
  8.1 mi away
• Bazán - La Bocana
  8.4 mi away
• Córdoba
  10.2 mi away · pop. 14,000
• Bajo Calima
  10.3 mi away
• Zabaletas
  12.5 mi away
• San Cipriano
  12.5 mi away
• Guadualito
  13.4 mi away
• El tigre
  13.9 mi away
• San Marcos
  14.3 mi away
• Llano Bajo
  15.3 mi away
• San Francisco Javier
  15.9 mi away

Browse all places in Valle del Cauca →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Buenaventura

Los bosques secundarios del trópico húmedo colombiano

Omar Aurelio Melo Cruz · 2009

Problemática humanitaria en la Región Pacífica Colombiana - Subregión Valle del Cauca - Buenaventura

2017

Desplazados

Rubén Darío Guevara Corral · 2011

La evaluacion de la calidad de la educacion superior en Colombia: representaciones y efectos academicos. El caso de ocho universidades del Valle del Cauca

2006

Diferenciación dialectal en el español hablado en Buenaventura

Maximiliano Caicedo H. · 1996

Memorias sobre los acontecimientos del Sur de la Nueva Granada durante la administración del 7 de marzo de 1849

Ramón Mercado · 1996

Defender la vida e imaginar el futuro

Wooldy Edson Louidor · 2020

Memoria cultural del Pacífico

2002

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Boquete Rocket Frog

Silverstoneia nubicola

Seen 2026-05-14

Ghost Glass Frog

Sachatamia ilex

Seen 2026-05-13

Pacific Mangrove Ghost Crab

Ucides occidentalis

Seen 2026-03-31

Purple Anole

Anolis purpurescens

Seen 2026-03-31

Chocoan bushmaster

Lachesis acrochorda

Seen 2026-03-31

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

Seen 2026-02-27

Protoneura macintyrei

Protoneura macintyrei

Seen 2026-02-26

Blue-headed Parrot

Pionus menstruus

Seen 2026-02-25

Chocó Poorwill

Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi

Seen 2026-02-16

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Buenaventura, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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