Dinámicas espaciales de la guerra interna en las áreas urbanas de Colombia: el caso de la región Caribe

According to National Administrative Department of Statistics, 72% of the population in the Caribbean region is concentrated in 10 cities, representing only 6% of the territory of the whole region. Given this, and electoral trends in these areas in the last presidential elections (to the option representing peace), it follows that there is a particularly dynamic internal war in urban municipalities in the region. This becomes more important when taking into account the geographical position of these areas, which, in turn, is in the interests of illegal armed groups, and from there can access networks and the international illegal economy. This situation is of great importance and discussion in both domestic and international connections between illegal would set not only the Caribbean region, but also the country within a dynamic global war, thereby blurring formal aspects of the activities of the institutions responsible for security, trade, foreign and domestic policy, including the country. Considering the above, and to decide the nature of the urban areas of the Caribbean region, this article aims to determine the spatial dynamics of the internal war in urban municipalities that territory. Therefore, in this paper a theoretical framework, the type of study (descriptive) and used method (analysis of documentation), the results and conclusions of the investigation exposed.