Buenaventura

Local Zones of Peace: General Survey and Map.

                                                                  Buenaventura

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Departamento: Valle del Cauca

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Population: Buenaventura city has a population of c325,000; remainder is scattered small villages.

Location: Extreme west of Valle, bordering on Pacific to W and Choco to N.

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Valued goods produced in region: Buenaventura is country’s main port on the Pacific; it serves as entrepot sending goods, raw materials etc to surrounding region.

Local armed actors in the region: Major presence of guerrilla and paramilitary groups

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Further comments: Region around city is among most violent in country, with murder rate x25 of New York. Government has established Marine Special Forces unit to control violence in worst areas of the city.    

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