TheGulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of Colombia. It is part of theCaribbean Sea. It is a long, wideinlet located on the coast ofColombia, close to the connection of the continent to theIsthmus of Panama.[1] The town ofTurbo, Colombia, lies at the mid eastern side naturally sheltered by the Turbo Bay part of the Gulf. TheAtrato River flows into the Gulf of Urabá.
A study byBio-Pacific has suggested, as an alternative to building a 54‑mile (87 km) link across theDarién Gap to complete thePan-American Highway, that the Panama section of the highway be extended to the Caribbean coast and end at the Gulf of Urabá, then be connected byferry to existing highways in Colombia.
The area surrounding the gulf comprises a geopolitical subregion of Colombia known asUrabá Antioquia.
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