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'{{Short description|International border}} [[File:Mapa de la frontera Colombia-Venezuela.svg|thumb|The border between Colombia and Venezuela.]] [[File:Colombia and Venezuela WDL71.png|thumb|Colombia and Venezuela in 1898.]] [[File:Aduana de Colombia.jpg|thumb|The border between Colombia and Venezuela]] The '''Colombia–Venezuela border''' is an international border of 2219 [[kilometer]]s (1378&nbsp;mi) between [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]], with a total of 603 milestones that demarcate the line.<ref name="Límites">{{cite web |url=http://www.sogeocol.edu.co/Ova/fronteras_colombia/fronteras/venezuela/venezuela.html |title=Frontera terrestre Colombia-Venezuela |author=Sociedad Geográfica de Colombia |accessdate=27 July 2011}}</ref> It is the longest border of both Colombia and Venezuela. The border, at least in its terrestrial part, was essentially demarcated by two treaties: the Spanish Arbitration Award of Queen Maria Cristina of 1891 and the Treaty of Limits and River Navigation of 1941.<ref name="Monografía">{{cite web |url=http://www.monografias.com/trabajos12/liven/liven.shtml#col |title=Límites de Venezuela |author=Monografías.com |accessdate=27 July 2011}}</ref> But the definition of the border in the [[Gulf of Venezuela]] is still disputed, causing diplomatic clashes between the two countries. In August 2015, two Venezuelan soldiers were injured during a fight with alleged Colombian smugglers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/08/150820_venezuela_colombia_maduro_frontera_dp|title=Maduro ordena militarización de la frontera con Colombia "para acabar con el crimen"|first=Redacción BBC|last=Mundo|website=BBC Mundo}}</ref> prompting Venezuelan President [[Nicolás Maduro]] to close a large part of the border, except in [[Táchira]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/08/150821_venezuela_estado_excepcion_colombia_ep|title=Venezuela: Maduro decreta el estado de excepción en una parte de la frontera con Colombia|first=Redacción BBC|last=Mundo|website=BBC Mundo}}</ref> == Border cities == ;{{COL}}: * [[Paraguachlol n]], [[Maicao]], [[Manaure, Cesar|Manaure del Cesar]], [[Agustín Codazzi, Cesar|Codazzi]], [[Becerril, Cesar|Becerril]], [[Tibú]], [[Puerto Santander, Norte de Santander|Puerto Santander]], [[Cúcuta]], [[Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander|Villa del Rosario]], [[Ragonvalia]], [[Herrán]], [[Cubará]], [[Saravena]], [[Arauquita]], [[Arauca, Arauca|Arauca]], [[Puerto Carreño]], [[San José de Maipures]], [[Inírida, Guainía|Inírida]], [[Cacahual]], [[Puerto Colombia, Guainía|Puerto Colombia]], [[San Felipe, Guainía|San Felipe]], [[La Guadalupe, Guainía|La Guadalupe]]. ;{{VEN}}: * [[Paraguaipoa]], [[Las Cruces, Zulia|Las Cruces]], [[Casigua El Cubo]], [[La Fría]], [[San Juan de Colón]], [[Ureña, Táchira|Ureña]], [[San Antonio del Táchira]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]], [[Rubio, Venezuela|Rubio]], [[Delicias, Táchira|Delicias]], [[Guasdualito]], [[El Amparo, Apure|El Amparo]], [[Elorza]], [[Puerto Páez]], [[Puerto Ayacucho]], [[Isla Ratón]], [[San Fernando de Atabapo]], [[Maroa, Amazonas|Maroa]], [[San Carlos de Río Negro]]. == Border rivers == The main rivers that cross or are part of the border are:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://revistalatimonera.blogspot.com/2012/08/fronteras-de-pais-venezuela.html |title=Fronteras terrestres y marítimas de Colombia |author=Revista La Timonera |accessdate=14 December 2013}}</ref> * [[Río de Oro (Catatumbo)|Río de Oro]] * [[Catatumbo River]] * [[San Pedro River (Colombia and Venezuela)|San Pedro River]] * [[Táchira River]] * [[Nula River]] * [[Arauca River]] * [[Meta River]] * [[Orinoco River]] * [[Rio Negro (Amazon)|Rio Negro]] == See also == * [[Colombia–Venezuela relations]] * [[Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisis]] == References == {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} {{Borders of Colombia}} {{Borders of Venezuela}} {{coord|1.2278|N|66.8694|W|source:wikidata|display=title}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Colombia-Venezuela border}} [[Category:Colombia–Venezuela border| ]] [[Category:Borders of Colombia]] [[Category:Borders of Venezuela]] [[Category:International borders]]'