Cúcuta, also known as San José de Cúcuta, is a City lights from space. NASA. Credit-Marc Imhoff A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. In most parts of the world cities are generally substantial and nearly always have an urban core, but in the United... city in For other uses see Columbia. The Republic of Colombia is a country in north-western South America. It is bound to the north and north-west by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by Venezuela and Brazil, to the south by Ecuador and Peru, and to the west by Panama... Colombia. It is the capital of Gobernacion de Norte de Santander Categories: Departments of Colombia | Stub ... Norte de Santander, which is between Los Patios is a municipality in the Norte de Santander department of northeast Colombia. Population: 58,851 inhabitants Altitude: 250 metres above sea level Climate: warm Province (region): Oriental Economy Cement industry Agriculture Cattle ranching Mining History The history of this community begins in the 17th century. It began as... Los Patios and the border with The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America.2 It borders the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean to the north, Guyana to the east, Brazil to the south, and Colombia to the west. Off the Venezuelan coast are... Venezuela.

The city was largely destroyed by an Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. An earthquake is a trembling or a shaking movement of the Earths surface. Earthquakes typically result from the movement of faults, quasi-planar zones of deformation within its uppermost layers. The word earthquake is also widely used to indicate the source region itself... earthquake on May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). There are 227 days remaining. Events 1593 - Playwright Thomas Kyds accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. 1652 - Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making... 18 May 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). Events January - April January 12 - Kwang-su becomes emperor of China. February 27 - Newton Booth, 11th Governor of California resigns, having been elected Senator. Lieutenant Governor of California Romualdo Pacheco becomes acting Governor. He is later replaced by... 1875, but was soon rebuilt.

In 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-June January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson. January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq... 1939 Cúcuta had a population of 59,323 people in 1990 it had 532,564 and in 2002 it had a population of 756,291.

External links

• http://www.cucuta.com (in This article is about the international language known as Spanish. For other languages spoken in Spain see Languages of Spain. Spanish or Castilian is an Iberian Romance language, and the third or fourth most spoken language in the world. It is spoken as a first language by about 352 million... Spanish)
• http://www.colombialink.com/01_INDEX/index_turismo/destinos/cucuta.htmlTemplate:SouthAm-geostub