MOMPOX, a river-port town of New Granada, capital of a province of the same name, in the department of Magdalena. It is situated on the left bank of the Magdalena River, about 20 miles above its confluence with the Cauca. Lat. 9. 15. N., Long. 74. 30. W. The town is regularly laid out, with broad streets crossing each other at right angles. Some of the houses near the centre of the town are well built; but the greater part of them are little more than mere sheds. Mompox has a handsome custom-house, and a quay sufficiently elevated above the
stream to be secure from the great floods, which in the month of December raise the waters of the river 10 or 12 feet above their usual level. This town is of considerable importance, being the great commercial emporium for the Magdalena valley. The climate is very warm and moist; and the neighbourhood is infested with alligators and mosquitoes. Pop. (1851) 11,600.