Santa Marta, a town of Colombia, on the Caribbean Sea, was founded in 1525, the second Spanish town planted on the mainland. In 1834 an earthquake almost utterly destroyed the place, which is still, however, a bishop's see and the capital of Magdalena province, and has an excellent harbour, formerly defended by two forts. Simon Bolívar died close by in 1830. Pop. 6000. See also SIERRA NEVADA.
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