Barrancas, La Guajira
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 Location of the town and municipality of Barrancas in La Guajira Department. |
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| Country | Colombia | ||
| Region | Caribbean | ||
| Department | La Guajira | ||
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| • Mayor | Juan Carlos Leon Solano (L) | ||
| Area | |||
| • town | 1,060 km2 (410 sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 742 km2 (286 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 40 m (130 ft) | ||
| Population (2005) | |||
| • town | 22,207 | ||
| Climate | Aw | ||
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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 River in a valley formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains and the Serranía del Perijá. Barrancas has a total area of 742 km² and at 40 meters over sea level. The average temperature is 28°C throughout the year and distances from the capital of the Department of La Guajira, Riohacha. It became a municipality in 1892.
Its economy is based on agriculture and coal mining which is 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela; to the north with the municipalities of Hatonuevo and Albania; to the south with the municipality of Fonseca and to the west with the municipality of Riohacha. The municipality covers a total are of 742 km² (286.5 sq mi) and is some 40 m (131 ft) over the sea level.
The municipality of Barrancas lies in the Valley of Upar formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (west) and the Serranía del Perijá (east) and within the basin of the Ranchería River.
The climate present in the region is predominantly hot and dry with no mountainous climate variations, maintaining an average temperature throughout the year of 28°C; while in the lower plains temperature can reach 35°C, while in the mountainous area of the municipality the temperature is milder. During the rainy season temperature in the mountainous part of the municipality can reach between 15-18°C while in the dry season 18-24°C. Higher temperature are reached by the end of March, April and May In June and July temperatures drop and in August and September raises. In October and November drops once again and raises in December and January due to the trade winds.
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