About Barrancabermeja
Barrancabermeja is a city, Santander departamento, north-central Colombia, on the Magdalena River. In 1536 a Spanish conquistador, Gonzalo Jimenez de Quezada, discovered the wooden-stockaded Indian settlement of La Tora. The Spaniards eventually renamed it Barrancas-Bermejas (Reddish Cliffs) after the nearby river bluffs. Barrancabermeja became a ranching town and a marketing center