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The transactions include the acquisition of twelve concessions from three Colombian companies in the department of Cordoba and a public tender process in which the company was awarded the concession of Villa del Rosario, in the department of Norte Santander, in the metropolitan area of Cúcuta near the border with Venezuela. Aqualia obtains its first urban water concessions in Latin America through two operations in Colombia The company has closed two operations in parallel in Colombia, where it will provide comprehen- sive water management services for more than 450,000 inhabitants in 13 municipalities With these two operations in Co - lombia, Aqualia has obtained its first concessions for the management of the integral urban water cycle in Latin America. The company will thus ser - ve more than 450,000 citizens in 13 Colombian municipalities. On the one hand, Aqualia has formali - zed the acquisition of 12 concessions for the management of the end-to- end water cycle in several municipa - lities in the department of Córdoba, Caribbean region, in the north of Colombia. These concessions have been acquired from three companies of the same business group: Aguas del Sinú, which manages the service in seven municipalities (Santa Cruz de Lorica, Chima, Momil, Purísima, Tuchín, San Antero and San Andrés de Sotavento); Uniaguas, which ope - rates the services in five other loca - tions (Cereté, Ciénaga de Oro, Sa - hagún and San Carlos); and OPSA, which until now has served the needs of the municipality of Planeta Rica. In this way, Aqualia will provide services to a population of more than 360,000 in these departments. The portfolio value of the project is 323.7 million euro. C O M M U N I T I E S 54 C O M M U N I T I E S