La Guajira Department

La Guajira is a department of Colombia. Its capital is Riohacha.

Department
Flag of Flag Coat of arms of Coat of arms
Anthem: Himno de La Guajira.
La Guajira shown in red La Guajira shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 11°33′N 72°54′W
Country	Colombia
Region	Caribbean Region
Established	July 1, 1965
Capital	Riohacha
Area
• Total	20,848 km2 (8,049 sq mi)
Population  (2018)
• Total	880,560
• Density	42.2371/km2 (109.394/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-LAG
Municipalities	15
Website	www.laguajira.gov.co/

It covers most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country. La Guajira is on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela.

Municipalities

File:Map of La Guajira municipalities.png

Municipalities of La Guajira Department. Municipality and city of Riohacha highlighted in dark gray and red respectively.

1. Albania
2. Barrancas
3. Dibulla
4. 22px Distracción
5. File:Flag of El Molino, La Guajira.png El Molino
6. 22px Fonseca
7. 22px Hatonuevo
8. La Jagua del Pilar
9. Maicao
10. Manaure
11. Riohacha
12. San Juan del Cesar
13. Uribia
14. 22px Urumita
15. 22px Villanueva

La Guajira Department Media

• Guajirapeninsula1.png

  Satellite image of Guajira Peninsula and Gulf of Venezuela.

• Cerro La teta, La Guajira Colombia.png

  La Teta hill, located in the municipality of Uribia, northern Guajira

• The Cabo de la Vela was one of the first sites that Spanish explorers first sighted upon their arrival to the continental Americas.

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• Map of La Guajira in 1769.

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  Pedro Messía de la Cerda, Viceroy of the Viceroyalty of New Granada.

• Wayuu on horses 1928.png

  Wayuu riding on horses. 1928.

• Mision robinson wayuu by Franklin Reyes.png

  Members of the Wayuu ethnic group in Venezuela. Wayuus are nomads and travel between Colombia and Venezuela from time to time, usually during rainy seasons.