Riohacha Municipality

Riohacha Municipality (Spanish pronunciation: [rjoˈatʃa]) is located on the Caribbean Coast of La Guajira Department, Colombia. It extends over 3.120 km² and has an urban part divided into 10 Communes, 14 Corregimientos and 8 Resguardos Indígenas (7 of them belong to the Wayuu and one in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region shared by the Kogi, the Wiwa, and the Ijka, a subtribe of the Arhuaco people).

It is 1.121 km north of Bogotá.

The Municipality is located in the southwestern part of La Guajira Department and is bordered by the municipality of Dibulla to the west, the Caribbean sea to the northwest, the municipality of Manaure to the north, the Municipalities of Maicao and Albania to the east, the municipalities of Hatonuevo, Barrancas, Distracción, Fonseca to the southeast and San Juan del Cesar to the south.

The municipality consists of an urban part and 14 Corregimientos: Camarones, Tigreras, Choles, Matitas, Arroyo Arena, Galán, Barbacoas, Tomarrazón, Juan y Medio, Las Palmas, Cerrillo, Cotopríx, Monguí and Villa Martin.

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