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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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injuries. Multiple structures were declared at risk of collapse. In La Guajira Department, one person drowned and more than 100 families were affected, with...
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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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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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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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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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Culture in La Guajira Department. Festivities of Our Lady of the Remedies in La Guajira Department. Green Moon Festival (Spanish: Festival de la Luna Verde)...
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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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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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