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The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
. It is a long narrow inlet in the coast of Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, close to the connection of the continent to the Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North America and South America....
. The town of Turbo
Turbo, Colombia

Turb? is a port town in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is located at around . It is located on the coast of Golfo de Urab?....
 lies at the southern end of the Gulf. The Atrato River
Atrato River

The R?o Atrato is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, Colombia and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urab? , where it forms a large, swampy river delta....
 flows into the Gulf of Uraba.

A study by Bio-Pacifico has suggested, as an alternative to building a 54-mile link across the Darien gap
Darién Gap

The Dari?n Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia . It measures just over 160 km long and about 50 km wide....
 to complete the Pan-American Highway
Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads nearly 48,000 kilometres in total length. Except for an 87 kilometre rainforest gap, called the Dari?n Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system....
, that the Panama section of the highway be extended to the Caribbean coast and terminate at the Gulf of Urabá, then be connected by ferry to existing highways in Colombia.








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The Gulf of Urabá is a gulf on the northern coast of South America
South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
. It is a long narrow inlet in the coast of Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, close to the connection of the continent to the Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama, also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien, is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North America and South America....
. The town of Turbo
Turbo, Colombia

Turb? is a port town in Antioquia Department, Colombia. It is located at around . It is located on the coast of Golfo de Urab?....
 lies at the southern end of the Gulf. The Atrato River
Atrato River

The R?o Atrato is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Cordillera Occidental, Colombia and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urab? , where it forms a large, swampy river delta....
 flows into the Gulf of Uraba.

A study by Bio-Pacifico has suggested, as an alternative to building a 54-mile link across the Darien gap
Darién Gap

The Dari?n Gap is a large swath of undeveloped swampland and forest separating Panama and Colombia . It measures just over 160 km long and about 50 km wide....
 to complete the Pan-American Highway
Pan-American Highway

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads nearly 48,000 kilometres in total length. Except for an 87 kilometre rainforest gap, called the Dari?n Gap, the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system....
, that the Panama section of the highway be extended to the Caribbean coast and terminate at the Gulf of Urabá, then be connected by ferry to existing highways in Colombia.

Urabá subregion

The area surrounding the gulf comprises a geopolitical region of Colombia known as the Urabá region.