La Guajira

Depairtment o La Guajira Departamento de La Guajira
Depairtment
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Anthem: Himno de La Guajira.
La Guajira shown in red
Coordinates: 11°33′N 72°54′W / 11.550°N 72.900°W / 11.550; -72.900
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Caribbean Region
Established	1 Julie 1965
Caipital	Riohacha
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Jorge Eduardo Perez Bernier[1] (El Pueblo Decide)
Area
• Total	20848 km2 (8,049 sq mi)
Area rank	25t
Population  (2005)[2][3]
• Total	623,250
• Rank	21
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-LAG
Municipalities	15
Website	www.laguajira.gov.co/

La Guajira (Spaingie pronunciation: [laɣwaˈxiɾa]) is a depairtment o Colombie. It occupees maist o its namesake peninsulae, the Guajira Peninsulae in the northeast region o the kintra, facin the Caribbean Sea an Venezuela in the northmaist pairt o Sooth Americae. The depairtment caipital ceety is Riohacha.

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