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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.
Punta Gallinas Lighthouse Overview map Punta Gallinas at top of satellite picture. Punta Gallinas (Cape Gallinas, "Cape Hens") is a headland in northern Colombia.Located in Uribia Municipality, La Guajira Department, it is the northernmost point on the mainland of South America, and one of the extreme points of South America.
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.
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 ...
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]
Río Bec is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site located in what is now southern portion of the Mexican state of Campeche. The name also refers to an architectural style (Río Bec Style) that first appeared at Río Bec and subsequently spread to other nearby sites. The Río Bec Style is closely related to the Chenes architectural style ...
San Francisco de Campeche [2] (pronounced [saɱ fɾanˈsisko ðe kamˈpetʃe]; Yucatec Maya: Ahk'ìin Pech, pronounced [aχkʼiːn˥˧ pʰetʃ]), 19th c., also known simply as Campeche, is a city in Campeche Municipality in the Mexican state of Campeche, on the shore of the Bay of Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico.