Uribia, La Guajira

Uribia
Town
Church in downtown Uribia.
Church in downtown Uribia.
Flag of Uribia
Flag
Official seal of Uribia
Seal
Motto(s): 
Capital Indigena de Colombia
(Indigenous capital of Colombia)
Location of the town and municipality of Uribia in the Department of La Guajira.
Location of the town and municipality of Uribia in the Department of La Guajira.
CountryColombia
RegionCaribbean
DepartmentLa Guajira
FoundationMarch 1, 1935
Government
 • MayorJaime Luis Buitrago García (L)[1]
Area
 • Total8,200 km2 (3,200 sq mi)
Population
 (2019 est.[2])
 • Total198,890
 • Density24/km2 (63/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5
Website
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Uribia is a town and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern Zone of the Cerrejón coal mines are located in this municipality. The municipality also contains the Serranía de Macuira mountain range which is an isolated low altitude mountain range in the middle of La Guajira Desert. One third of this mountain range is also a National Natural Park of Colombia.

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  2. ^ "Estimaciones de Población 1985 - 2005 y Proyecciones de Población 2005 - 2020 Total Municipal por Área (estimate)". DANE. Retrieved 20 June 2019.