Riohacha Municipality
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Riohacha Municipality is located at the Caribbean Coast of La Guajira Department, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. It extends over 3.120 km² and has an urban part (Divided into 10 Comunas), 14 Corregimientos and 8 Resguardos Indígenas (7 of them belong to the Wayuu
Wayuu
Wayuu is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwest Venezuela. They are part of the Maipurean language family.- Geography :...

 and one of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta compartido por las Etnias Kogui, Wiwa e Ika -Arhuaco-).

It is 1.121 km north of Bogotá.

The Municipality is located in the southwestern part of La Guajira Department and is bordered by the municipality of Dibulla
Dibulla, La Guajira
Dibulla is a town and municipality located in the Department of La Guajira, Colombia by the Caribbean sea and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains on the Guajira Peninsula...

 to the west, the Caribbean sea
Caribbean Sea
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 to the northwest, the municipality of Manaure
Manaure, La Guajira
Manaure or Salinas de Manaure is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Manaure's main economic activity is the exploitation of the vast amounts of salt in the area.-Geography:...

 to the north, the Municipalities of Maicao and Albania
Albania, La Guajira
Albania is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Is the youngest municipality of this Department along with the town of Uribia and others, created on March 19, 2000...

 to the east, the municipalities of Hatonuevo
Hatonuevo
Hatonuevo is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. A municipality of the La Guajira Department since 1994, it has a population of approximately 17,014 inhabitants, the majority being workers of El Cerrejon coal mine.The town has an extension of 347 km2 and is...

, Barrancas
Barrancas, La Guajira
Barrancas is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the left margin of the Ranchería River in a valley formed between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains and the Serrania del Perija. Barrancas has a total area of 742 km²...

, Distracción
Distracción, La Guajira
Distracción is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Founded in 1845 by a man from neighboring Barrancas named Antonio María Vidal on the right margin of the Ranchería River....

, Fonseca
Fonseca, La Guajira
Fonseca is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The town celebrates the Festival del Retorno in honor of St Augustine with religious celebrations, vallenato music events and others.-Geography:...

 to the southeast and San Juan del Cesar
San Juan del Cesar
San Juan del Cesar is a municipality and town located in the La Guajira Department, Colombia.-Etymology:San Juan Bautista del Cesar name in and Chet-tzar or Sasare indigenous language for calm water, the name of the Cesar River.-History:...

 to the south.

Corregimientos

The municipality consists of an urban part and 14 Corregimientos: Camarones, Tigreras, Choles, Matitas, Arroyo Arena, Galán
Galán
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, Barbacoas
Barbacoas
Barbacoas is a town and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia....

, Tomarrazón, Juan y Medio, Las Palmas, Cerrillo, Cotopríx, Monguí
Monguí
Monguí is a town and municipality in Boyacá Department, Colombia, part of the Sugamuxi Province a subregion of Boyaca....

 and Villa Martin.

Comunas

The city is divided into 10 comunas with the following barrios
Barrios
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:

1. Comuna Centro Histórico:
Centro, Barrio Arriba, Barrio Abajo, Urbanización El Faro.

2. Comuna Nuevo Centro:
San Martín de Porres, Los Remedios, El Acueducto, El Libertador, Urbanización El Tatual.

3. Comuna Coquivacoa:
Coquivacoa, Padilla, José Antonio Galán, Urbanización Sol Tropical, Urbanización Terrazas de Coquivacoa, Paraíso, Guapuna, Las Mercedes, Luis Antonio Robles, Coquivacoa.

4. Comuna Cooperativo:
12 de octubre, Urbanización Marbella, San Tropel, Nuevo Horizonte, Urbanización Portal de Comfamiliar, Cooperativo Nuevo Faro, La Ñapa, Edinson Deluque Pinto, Urbanización Manantial, Urbanización Majayura I y II,
Jorge Pérez.

5. Comuna Aeropuerto Almirante Padilla:
Cactus I Y II, Che Guevara, Las Tunas, Caribe, San Martín de Loba, Matajuna, Aeropuerto, La Paz, Nazareth.

6. Comuna Nuestra Señora De Los Remedios:
Obrero, 20 de julio, San Francisco, Rojas Pinilla, La Loma, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, José Arnoldo Marín, Calancala, Las Villas, Entre Ríos, Los Medanos, El Progreso, Luis Eduardo Cuellar, Villa Tatiana, Kepiagua.

7. Comuna Boca Grande:
La Cosecha, Boca Grande, Los Nogales, San Judas, El Comunitario, Los Olivos, Divino Niño, La Esperanza, 15 de mayo, Comfamiliar 2000, Simón Bolívar, Eurare, Buganvilla.

8. Comuna Ecológica Laguna Salada y El Patrón:
Camilo Torres, Maria Eugenia Rojas, Ranchería, Villa Laura, Urbanización Villa Armando, Urbanización Bella Vista, Urbanización Solmar, Buenos Aires, Los Cerezos, 7 de agosto, Urbanización Pareigua, Claudia Catalina, Pilar Del Río, Urbanización Wuetapia.

9. Comuna Eco – Turística Río Ranchería:
Urbanización Villa Comfamiliar, Urbanización Villa Del Mar, Urbanización Villa Tatiana, Villa Fátima.

10. Comuna El Dividivi:
Ciudadela El Dividivi, Los Almendros, Los Loteros, Villa Sharin, Urbanización La Floresta, Hugo Zúñiga, Urbanización San Judas Tadeo, Urbanización San Isidro, Villa Yolima, Villa Jardín, 31 de octubre, Urbanización la Mano de Dios, Las Mercedes, Nuevo Milenio, Urbanización Villa Aurora, Urbanización Taguaira, La Lucha, La Luchita.
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