Galeras is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.[2] The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising. Galeras is 50 km away from the department's capital, Sincelejo.
Galeras, Sucre | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of Galeras, Sucre in the Sucre Department of Colombia. | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | Sucre Department |
| Government | |
| • Major | Francisco Ramirez Mejía |
| Area | |
• Total | 326.1 km2 (125.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Population (Census 2018[1]) | |
• Total | 20,239 |
| • Density | 62/km2 (160/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time) |
| Website | www |
Geography
editPolitical division
editGalera is a municipality formed by five "corregimientos": Puerto Franco, Baraya, San Andrés de Palomo, San José de Rivera, Pueblo Nuevo Junín., and seventeen "veredas":Pueblo Nuevo II, Surban, Abre el Ojo, Mata de Guasimo, Palmital, Bleo, San Pelayo, Los Leones, El Jacinto, La Corocera, San Luís, El Pantanito, El Guamo, Los Abetos, Caña Seca, Mancomojan, Campo Ameno.
Culture
editEvery year in the year's first week its people enjoy the town's main party: El festival de la algarroba (The festival of algarroba). The Algarroba (Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpinaceae)) is a tree that grows easily in Galeras.
References
edit- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Alcaldía Municipal de Galeras - Sucre". www.galeras-sucre.gov.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-02-17.
External links
edit- Official website (in Spanish)
9°10′N 75°03′W / 9.167°N 75.050°W
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