Buenaventura

3°51N 77°06W, pop (2000e) 189 400. Pacific seaport in Cauca department, SW Colombia; on Island of Cascajal in the Bahia de Buenaventura; Colombia's most important Pacific trading port; founded, 1540 (on different site); shrimp fishing, fish canning; trade in coffee, hides, gold, platinum, sugar.

Buenaventura is the Spanish version of Bonaventure and the name of

Spanish anarchist Buenaventura Durruti who was a hero of the Spanish Civil War A Paul van Dyk song Filipino banker Rafael Buenaventura An independent cultural center in Veneto, Italy: see Oficina di Buenaventura, Castelfranco Veneto Buenaventura, Chihuahua Buenaventura, Colombia Buenaventura River in Nevada, United States The legendary but non-existent Buenaventura River (legend) that was once believed to run from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean in what is now the western United States Buenaventura, Cuba Buenaventura, Spain

See also:

Buena Ventura, New Mexico, USA San Buenaventura, Coahuila, Mexico Oficina di Buenaventura cultural center

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