Barranquilla is located in South Africa . The city was incorporated in February 17, 1909 . The urban region has 3,039,444 population . Barranquilla is named for Miami-Illinois:  shikaakwa  ,  (wild onion or wild garlic) . The population of the metro region is Population (2015): 2,500,000 . The city land area is 840 km 2  (325 sq mi) . The Barranquilla city highest elevation is 5,364 m (17,598 ft) . 00°14′S 78°31′W﻿ / ﻿0.233°S 78.517°W are the coordinates of the city. . Barranquilla is the government of Ministry of Culture . Barranquilla is at an elevation of 387 ft . The city Barranquilla demonym is Tbilisian , Tbilisite . The Barranquilla citys' lowest elevation is 1,750 m . The city has the postal code 8320000 . +56 2 is the area code of Barranquilla . The density of  people in Barranquilla is 1,100/km 2  (2,800/sq mi) . The water area of the city is 430 km 2  (165 sq mi)  33% . The mayor of Barranquilla is Kwon Young-jin , (Liberty Korea) . The city province is Alborz . 1,500/km 2  (3,900/sq mi) is the density of residents in  the metro region of Barranquilla . The city is 6.07 sq mi (15.73 km 2 ) in area
The zip code of the city Barranquilla is 16000