Maicao
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 Location of the city and municipality of Maicao in the Department of La Guajira. | |
  Maicao | |
| Coordinates: 11°22′40″N 72°14′29″W / 11.37778°N 72.24139°W | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Department | La Guajira |
| Foundation | June 27, 1927 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mohamad Jaafar Dasuki Hajj |
| Area | |
• Municipality and city | 1,769 km2 (683 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 21.94 km2 (8.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 52 m (171 ft) |
| Population | |
• Municipality and city | 185,072 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 118,889 |
| • Urban density | 5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Maicaeros |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
| Area code | 57 + 5 |
| Climate | Aw |
| Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
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Maicao (Wayuu: mai-ka-u) is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. It is located 76 km from Riohacha, the capital of the department and is the second largest urban center near the border with Venezuela, after the city of Cúcuta.
The city was founded on June 27, 1927 by Colonel Rodolfo Morales and Tomás Curvelo Iguarán, on behalf of the Department of Magdalena in the middle of the Wayuu people territory.[3] During the 1970s Maicao became a commercial hub due to an oil boom in Venezuela and the flow of contraband present in the Guajira peninsula.
- ^ "Estimaciones de Población 1985 - 2005 y Proyecciones de Población 2005 - 2020 Total Municipal por Área (estimate)". DANE. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
- ^ Citypopulation.de Population of Maicao municipality
- ^ Maicao: History[permanent dead link]