San Andrés, San Andrés y Providencia
San Andrés (Spanish: Isla de San Andrés ) is an island that belongs to the territory of Colombia and its eponymous city is the capital of the department of San Andrés and Providencia. The island is situated in the Caribbean Sea about 770 km northwest of the Colombian coast, but just 190 km east of the Nicaraguan coast. From the neighboring island of Providencia is about 90 km away.
The San Andres Island is located in the archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia, the over 349.8 thousand km ² expands. The island was most probably discovered before 1527, since it was listed in maps of this year already. Coined the island is by a mountain range that runs from north to south, measures at the highest point of 55 meters above sea level and is covered mostly with forests of coconut palms. Only in a few places there is sand beach, the shore region is mainly composed of craggy volcanic rock.
San Andrés is mainly visited by Colombian tourists can shop duty free in the free trade zone.
In an already centuries of confrontation with today's Nicaragua the state affiliation of the island is not yet clear. On the history of this dispute see also San Andrés and Providencia.
Twinning
San Andres has twinned with:
- United States San Clemente, United States