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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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    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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    of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the left margin of the Ranchería River in a valley formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa...
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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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    the Department of La Guajira, Colombia by the Caribbean Sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains on the Guajira Peninsula. It was proclaimed...
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    Punta Gallinas (category Geography of La Guajira Department)
    department of La Guajira, on the coast of the Caribbean Sea. The cape is at the northern tip of the Guajira Peninsula (Península de la Guajira) in the municipality...
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    Uribia is a town and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern...
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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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    Wayuu people (redirect from Guajira people)
    Wayu, Wayú, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Indigenous ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language...
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    Cabo de la Vela (Spanish for "cape of sail") is a headland in the Guajira Peninsula in Colombia with an adjacent small fishing village. It is a popular...
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    Calabash tree) is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Is the youngest municipality of this Department along with the town of...
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    Manaure or Salinas de Manaure is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Manaure's main economic activity is the exploitation...
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    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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  • Cabo de São Tomé Itapagipe Peninsula Brunswick Peninsula Hardy Peninsula Taitao Peninsula Guajira Peninsula Illescas Peninsula Paracas Peninsula Punta...
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    Bahía de Portete (Bahia Portete) is a bay in La Guajira, Colombia. It lies approximately 30 miles (48 km) from the Venezuelan border on the Guajira Peninsula...
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    aproximación a la determinación del índice de biodiversidad en los suelos de la cuenca del arroyo Mekijanao, Serranía de la Macuira, Alta Guajira. En: Juan...
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    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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    natural resources of the peninsula. Flag of the Department of La Guajira "Símbolos" (in Spanish). Gobernación de La Guajira. 2009-09-17. Archived from...
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    plant, but has some local culinary importance. The Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia and Venezuela also use the inner cane-like wood of the...
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    people in northwestern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia on the Guajira Peninsula and surrounding Lake Maracaibo. There were an estimated 300,000 speakers...
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    [distɾaɣˈsjon]) is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Founded in 1845 by a man from neighboring Barrancas named Antonio María...
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    Maicao (redirect from Maicao, Guajira)
    Maicao (Wayuu: mai-ka-u) is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. It is located 76 km from Riohacha, the...
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    Gulf of Urabá in the west to the Guajira Peninsula in the east and including some or all of the departments of Guajira, Bolívar, Atlántico, Cesar, Magdalena...
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    fruits, locally known as iguaraya, are relished by the Wayuu from the La Guajira Peninsula of Colombia. Stenocereus are often used as ornamental plants in hot...
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  • the Guajira Peninsula. Due to constant attacks from the indigenous and pirates the village was moved to present-day Riohacha in 1544. His Suma de Geografia...
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    the Magdalena River with 257,440 km2 (99,397 sq mi), as well as the Guajira Peninsula and the Gulf of Venezuela. Central American drainages include those...
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    Rub' al Khali (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Quarter', is a desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula. The desert covers some 650,000 km2 (250,000 sq mi) (the area of long...
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    department governments: Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, Sucre, Córdoba, Magdalena, La Guajira and San Andrés and Providencia. These 8 departments also cover approximately...
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    northern Australian desert Atacama Desert – a desert in Chile and Peru La Guajira Desert – a desert in Colombia and Venezuela Monte Desert – in Argentina...
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    Orinoco River. Additionally, Indigenous communities can be found in the Guajira Peninsula and the eastern part of the country. Together, Indigenous peoples...
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