It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fourth-largest urban city of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, after Barranquilla, Cartagena, and Soledad.
Inhlokodolobha yoMnyango waseMagdalena nedolobha lesine ngobukhulu emadolobheni esifundeni saseCaribbean eColombia, ngemuva kweBarranquilla, iCagagena, neSoledad.