This city is named after Miami-Illinois:  shikaakwa  ,  (wild onion or wild garlic) . The city Barranquilla demonym is Recifense . Barranquilla is the government of Municipality of Quito . The highest elevation of Barranquilla is 324 m (1,063 ft) . 1,508.52/sq km  (3,907.0/sq mi) is the density of residents in Barranquilla . Barranquilla is at an elevation of 7 ft . The coordinates of the city are 36°45′14″N 3°3′32″E﻿ / ﻿36.75389°N 3.05889°E .  The city area code is +56 2 . The city has the postal code 8320000 . The city province is Guayas . The area of the urban region is 227.70 km 2  (87.92 sq mi) . The lowest elevation of Barranquilla is 378 m  . 6,600/km 2  (17,000/sq mi) is the density of inhabitents in  the metro region of Barranquilla . Pedrito Tomas Pereira Caballero is the mayor of Barranquilla . The area of the city is 234.14 sq mi (606 sq km ) . 14,100/km 2  (37,000/sq mi) is the density of inhabitents in  the urban region of Barranquilla . The city was incorporated in 1 October 1984 . The water area of the city is 0.37 sq mi (0.95 km 2 ) . The metro region has 8,653,521 , 8,917,749 (Extended UA) population
Less than 0 sq mi area of the city Barranquilla is water