Urbina Neighborhood

Urbina Neighborhood has 840.000 inhabitants approximately. It is located in the western part of Montería city, it is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Pasatiempo, Seis de Marzo, Julia and Risaralda. The first inhabitant of this place was Mr. Luis Negrete who he built a house for his family in 1968.  At that time this land was part of several farms of cattle ranchers of the region, later in the year of 1972 JESUS GONZALES URBINA, an engineer started to built several houses and called the neighborhood Urbina.

One of the first houses of the neighborhood Urbina is the Pineda sisters’ house.

In 1988, the population of neighborhood grew, and it was known as a good neighborhood in Montería. At that time the neighborhood just had 4 streets and no more than 70 inhabited houses. One of the first families that has lived in Urbina for a long time is the Pineda Family. Mrs. Elvira Pineda and Martha Pineda are well known and respected people in the neighborhood. They have lived in their house for more than forty (40) years because their family owned a farm that occupied much of the neighborhood.

Mr. Luis Negrete’s house one of the oldest house in the neighborhood.

Famous People in Urbina Neighborhood:

1.         The Captain Olarte was an important person for the community.

2.         Lady Noriega, a recognized actress and singer who lived his childhood in the neighborhood Urbina, she returns during holiday periods to share with her family which is still living in Urbina Neighborhood.

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Today, the neighborhood Urbina have more than eight streets, all of them in excellent condition, it is stratified as four strata (4th), has an excellent drainage, a soccer field for the recreation of the young people. The community is very nice, friendly, they organize ecological brigades for the conservation and maintenance of the neighborhood, for this reason, it is always in excellent condition of cleaning.

The Information and photos was provided by Carlos Andres Robles Ruiz and Elvira Pineda, residents of the neighborhood.

2. Lady Noriega, an actress and singer from Montería. Photo taken from google images.