La Guajira (Spanish pronunciation: [la ɣwaˈxiɾa]) is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the...
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Barrancas is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the left margin of the Ranchería...
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town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Is the youngest municipality of this Department along with the town of Uribia and others...
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small city and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern Zone...
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The Guajira Peninsula [ɡwaˈxiɾa] (Spanish: Península de La Guajira, also spelled Goajira, mainly in colonial period texts, Wayuu: Woumainpa’a) is a peninsula...
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northeastern Colombia La Guajira Department, a department of Colombia which includes most of the Guajira Peninsula La Guajira Desert, a desert which...
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The La Guajira Desert [la ɣwaˈxiɾa] (Wayuu: Woumainkat Wajiira, Spanish: Desierto de La Guajira) is a desert located in northern Colombia and Venezuela...
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Riohacha (redirect from Riohacha, La Guajira)
Ranchería River and the Caribbean Sea. It is the capital city of the La Guajira Department. It has a sandy beach waterfront. Founded by conquistador Nikolaus...
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The flag of La Guajira was officially adopted by the Departmental Assembly by means of Ordinance 028 of September 29, 1966. Previously, the flag had already...
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Villanueva is a town and municipality located in the northern Department of La Guajira, Colombia. Villanueva is known in Colombia for being the cradle...
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Chocó Department (List) Governor of Córdoba (List) Governor of Cundinamarca Department (List) Mayor of Bogotá (List) Governor of La Guajira Department (List)...
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de Manaure is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Manaure's main economic activity is the exploitation of the vast...
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La Guajira Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de La Guajira) refers to a criminal organization originating from Maicao that operates in the Guajira Peninsula on the...
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Gulf of Venezuela (category Geography of La Guajira Department)
Venezuelan states of Zulia and Falcón and by La Guajira Department, Colombia. The western side is formed by the Guajira Peninsula. A 54 km (34 mi) strait connects...
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Colombia and Venezuela La Guajira Department, a department of Colombia which includes most of the Guajira Peninsula La Guajira Desert, a desert which...
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The coat of arms of the La Guajira was officially adopted by the Departmental Assembly Ordinance 028 of November 29, 1966 after the winning design of...
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of governors of the Department of La Guajira, Colombia: List of Colombian Department Governors (in Spanish) History of La Guajira (in Spanish) Government...
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University of Florida, recovered 186 fossils of Titanoboa from La Guajira department in northeastern Colombia. It was named and described in 2009 as...
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San Francisco is a settlement in Dibulla Municipality, La Guajira Department in Colombia. San Francisco has a tropical monsoon climate (Am) with moderate...
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Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (category Geography of La Guajira Department)
serves as the source of 36 rivers. The range is in the Departments of Magdalena, Cesar and La Guajira. The highest point of the Sierra Nevada group (and Colombia...
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Punta Gallinas (category Geography of La Guajira Department)
headland in northern Colombia. Located in Uribia Municipality, La Guajira Department, it is the northernmost point on the mainland of South America,...
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subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (municipios). Each one of them...
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located in the Department of La Guajira, Colombia by the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains on the Guajira Peninsula. It was...
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Fonseca is a municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The town celebrates the Festival del Retorno in honor of St Augustine with...
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Maicao (redirect from Maicao, Guajira)
municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. It is located 76 km from Riohacha, the capital of the department and is the second...
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La Guajira Terrane (Spanish: Terreno de La Guajira, TLG) is one of the geological provinces (terranes) of Colombia. The terrane, dating to the Late Cretaceous...
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Cerrejón (category La Guajira Department)
is located in Northern Colombia in the southeast of the department of the arid plain La Guajira, close to the border with Venezuela. The mine extends over...
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San Miguel is a settlement in Dibulla Municipality, La Guajira Department in Colombia. It is located at the foothills of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta...
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2010 Colombian rainy season (category La Guajira Department)
homes completely destroyed and 334 in very bad conditions. The department of Guajira being located in the northern tip of Colombia was seriously affected...
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Luis Díaz (footballer, born 1997) (category People from La Guajira Department)
Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda was born on 13 January 1997 in Barrancas, La Guajira, and began playing football at the age of six. Nicknamed "Luchito", he...
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