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La
Voz de Barranquilla on
December 8, 1929.
In April 10,
1931, in a mutiny against hunger and unemployment, the people of Barranquilla
destroyed the Theatre Columbia.
On
August 16, 1933, the Senate approved the contract for
Bocas de Ceniza
and work was completed in 1936 with
President
Alfonso Lopez
inaugurating the Maritime Terminal
Barranquilla. In 1935, the construction of a municipal football stadium enabled
hosting of the
National Game III.
Since the late 1950s, the city has plunged into a socioeconomic decline,
largely due to the failure of the political class as well as the collapse of
major sectors of industrial activity. In 1958, the government created the first
zone of Colombia in Barranquilla.
From the 1960s until the early 1980s,
Barranquilla plunged into an economic decline. The city's expansion to reach
neighboring towns led to the creation of the Metropolitan
Area of Barranquilla in 1981. On
August 18, 1993, the Congress of
Colombia, through Legislative Act Number August 1, 17, 1993, conferred to Barranquilla
he category of "Special District, Industrial and Port".
