Bocas de Ceniza

It owes its name to the dusky color ocean waters take to receive the river.

At present, the river flows into the sea through an artificial canal built in the 1930s.

In 1824 the river navigation steamships began, raising local interest in the use of Bocas de Ceniza.

The railway construction between Barranquilla and Puerto Colombia in 1872 and the transfer of Aduana Nacional to Barranquilla increased the desire to enable the sector of Bocas de Ceniza for international maritime trade.

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