It occupies most of the guajira peninsula in the northeast region of the country on the caribbean sea and bordering venezuela at the northernmost tip of south america. La guajira is a department of colombia. It is the northernmost peninsula in south america and has an area of 25 000 km 2 9 700 sq mi extending from the manaure bay colombia to the calabozo ensenada in the gulf of.
Peninsula de la guajira also spelled goajira mainly in colonial period texts is a peninsula in northern colombia and northwestern venezuela in the caribbean. The guajira peninsula gwaˈxiɾa gwaˈhiɾa spanish. Welcome to la guajira peninsula english pirates dutch smugglers and spanish pearl hunters have all tried to conquer the guajira peninsula a vast swath of barren sea and sand that is colombia s northernmost point but none were able to overcome the indigenous wayuu people who wisely traded with or waged war upon the invaders.
National aeronautics and space administration nasa jpl nima. Península de la guajira 1992 fuente. Departamento de la guajira.
Península de la guajira. Mapa de la guajira. Ministerio de transporte república de colombia lista de mapas la guajira.
Mapa de carreteras de la guajira fuente. Much of the peninsula lies in northeastern colombia. It is bounded by the caribbean sea to the north and west the gulf of venezuela to the southeast and the sierra nevada de santa marta and sierra de perijá to the south.
La guajira peninsula peninsula on the northwestern coast of south america. La península de la guajira posee una superficie cercana a los 25 00 kilómetros cuadrados ya que su extensión abarca desde la bahía de manaure en el mar caribe hasta la ensenada de el calabozo en el golfo de venezuela la mayor parte de su territorio pertenece a colombia al departamento de la guajira y el restante al estado zulia municipio guajira en venezuela. Tiene una superficie cercana a los 25 000 km extendiéndose desde la bahía de manaure en el mar caribe hasta la ensenada de el calabozo en el golfo de venezuela políticamente su mayor parte pertenece al departamento.