San Zenón
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San Zenón is a town and municipality of the 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...

n Department
Departments of Colombia
Colombia is an unitary republic formed by thirty-two departments and a Capital District . Each department has a Governor and a Department Assembly , elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods...

 of Magdalena
Magdalena Department
Magdalena is a department of Colombia, located to the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River...

. Founded in 1751 by Antonio de Mier y Guerra. On April 30, 1950 was elevated to the category of municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...

.

Administrative divisions

Corregimientos
  • Peñoncito
  • Palomar
  • Angostura
  • Bermejal
  • Janeiro
  • Santa Rosa
  • Santa Teresa
  • Guinea
  • El Horno
  • Puerto Arturo

External links

San Zenon official website Government of Magdalena: San Zenón
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