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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Look up guajira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Guajira may refer to: Guajira Peninsula, a peninsula in the northernmost part of South America shared...
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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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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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approximately 1,100 km (680 mi) north of Bogotá, covering most of the La Guajira Peninsula at the northernmost tip of South America. It is the continent's largest...
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Peninsula Brunswick Peninsula Hardy Peninsula Taitao Peninsula Guajira Peninsula Illescas Peninsula Paracas Peninsula Punta del Este Araya Peninsula Guajira...
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exploited by the Cerrejón coal mine. Barrancas is located in the Guajira Peninsula in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, limiting to the east with the...
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Wayuu language (redirect from Guajira language)
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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Gulf of Venezuela (category Geography of La Guajira Department)
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 it...
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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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Caribbean natural region (section Guajira Peninsula)
contains 6 subregions which differ in certain natural aspects. The Guajira Peninsula is the most northerly point of South America and mostly desertic due...
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attitudes. Alonso de Ojeda (who had sailed with Columbus) reached the Guajira Peninsula in 1499. Spanish explorers, led by Rodrigo de Bastidas, made the first...
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the most consistently hot areas of Central Australia, the Sahel and Guajira Peninsula can be, due to extreme potential evapotranspiration, classed as arid...
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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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across the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia suspended activities for September 30. Officials opened shelters and closed beaches across the peninsula. With Matthew...
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Manizales and Pereira. The East Andes extend northeast towards the Guajira Peninsula, and includes the cities of Bogotá, Bucaramanga and Cúcuta. The climate...
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the present-day Falcón-Zulia state in Venezuela and possibly the La Guajira Peninsula (Venezuela/Colombia). The specific language group to which they belonged...
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Look up La Guajira in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. La Guajira may refer to: La Guajira Peninsula, a peninsula in the northernmost part of South America...
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The hottest part of Venezuela is the northwest (Paraguana Peninsula and Guajira Peninsula), where temperatures of more than 38 °C (100 °F) are frequently...
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the prison, the two went their separate ways. Papillon entered the Guajira peninsula, a region dominated by Amerindians. He was assimilated into a coastal...
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exposed low-level center, and soon opened into a trough near the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia. The remnant wave later crossed into Central America,...
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marshes of the area are called ciénagas by the people of Colombia. The Guajira Peninsula in the east is semiarid and is occupied primarily by indigenous peoples...
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Maicao (redirect from Maicao, Guajira)
Guajira peninsula. The name of Maicao comes from the Wayunaiki: mai-ka-u which means "Land of the Maize. Maicao is located in the Guajira Peninsula,...
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26 °C (79 °F). The ecoregion occupies the Guajira Peninsula, the valley of the Rancheria river and Guajira Department, covering parts of the northeastern...
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2013 and began gathering other defectors, stationing them in the La Guajira Peninsula. In 2011, he was charged by the US with providing the Colombian FARC...
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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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La Guajira Cartel (Spanish: Cartel de La Guajira) refers to a criminal organization originating from Maicao that operates in the Guajira Peninsula on...
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bonanza and the usual contraband of goods that flowed through the Guajira Peninsula. Please see List of Lebanese people in Colombia Lebanon portal Colombia...
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Charrière subsequently escaped during a rainy night and fled to the La Guajira Peninsula, where he was adopted by an indigenous tribe. He spent several months...
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exposed low-level center, and soon opened into a trough near the Guajira Peninsula of Colombia. The remnant wave later crossed into Central America,...
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