San Andrés () is the capital city of the department of
San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, in
Colombia. As of 2005 its population was 55,426.
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Overview
It is situated at the north end of San Andrés Island, on the Caribbean Sea
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. The population is considered to be about 20% Raizal
The Raizal are an Afro-Caribbean ethnic group from the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, off of Colombia's Caribbean coast. They are recognized by the Colombian authorities as one of the Afro-Colombian ethnic groups ...
s and 80% mainland Colombians. The economy is mainly sustained by tourism and commercial fishing. Once a duty-free port, it still has a relatively vigorous shopping district selling various consumer goods at bargain prices, including Colombian gold and emerald jewellery, leather goods and other distinctively Colombian wares.
San Andrés has become such a byword for bargain shopping in Colombia that many towns and cities have a bargain shopping area known as a San Andresito ("little San Andres").
Twin towns
* San Clemente
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(California
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, USA)
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Port cities in the Caribbean
Populated places in the Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
Capitals of Colombian departments
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