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Pueblo Bello (Pretty Village), is a village and municipality in the northern region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia.It is located in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and is home to Amerindians pertaining to the Arhuaco ethnicity, whom consider Pueblo Bello a sanctuary but by the name of Arumake in their language.
Manzanillo is a village located just outside the Jairo Mora Sandoval Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge, at the end of Route 256. [4] Manzanillo is situated south of Puerto Limon in Limón Province on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.
Pueblos Patrimonio are selected from amongst Colombia's inventory of designated Bienes de Interés Cultural (Cultural Heritage Assets) on the merits of their architectural, historical, and environmental characteristics, as well as unique cultural identities, which give them the potential to become "true cultural destinations." [2]
Height refers to mean sea level.. Highest point: Pico Cristóbal Colón in Magdalena Department, 5,730 m [1 Lowest point: Pacific Ocean, 0 m [1] The Columbia Gazetteer of the World (2008) gives Pico Cristóbal Colón's height as 5,776 m, [2] but the CIA World Factbook (2024) gives the height as 5,730 m.
February through April typically have the best underwater visibility. This is also one of the nicest and least developed beaches in Costa Rica. [2] The 600-acre (242-ha) reef is known to have at least 35 species of coral, 140 species of molluscs, 44 species of crustaceans, and 123 species of fish. The outer reef is about 4 km long. [3]
The Archipelago of San Bernardo (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Bernardo, Islas de San Bernardo [1]) is a set of nine [2] coastal coral islands and one artificial island (ten in total) [3] belonging to and governed by Colombia, located in the Gulf of Morrosquillo in the Caribbean Sea, with an approximate area of 213 km 2. [4]
The name Puntarenas comes from a portmanteau of punta and arenas, which means "point" and "sands", respectively.In English this would translate roughly to "Sand Point". The name is first referenced by the arrival in February 1720 of the pirate John Clipperton to the area, which recorded in his journals to have arrived to a "Punta de Arena", referring to the needle-like area on which the city ...
The Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (Spanish: Archipiélago de San Andrés, Providencia y Santa Catalina, pronounced [aɾtʃiˈpjelaɣo ðe ˌsan anˈdɾes pɾoβiˈðensja j ˌsanta kataˈlina]), or San Andrés and Providencia, is one of the departments of Colombia, and the only one located geographically in Central America.