Galeras, Sucre Explained

Galeras, Sucre
Settlement Type:Municipality and town
Mapsize:250px
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Colombia
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Colombia
Subdivision Type1:Department
Subdivision Name1:Sucre Department
Leader Title:Major
Leader Name:Francisco Ramirez Mejía
Area Total Km2:326.1
Population As Of:Census 2018[1]
Population Total:20239
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Colombia Standard Time
Utc Offset:-5
Elevation M:80

Galeras is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.[2] The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising. Galeras is 50 km away from the department's capital, Sincelejo.

Geography

Political division

Galera is a municipality formed by five "corregimientos": Puerto Franco, Baraya, San Andrés de Palomo, San José de Rivera, Pueblo Nuevo Junín., and seventeen "veredas":Pueblo Nuevo II, Surban, Abre el Ojo, Mata de Guasimo, Palmital, Bleo, San Pelayo, Los Leones, El Jacinto, La Corocera, San Luís, El Pantanito, El Guamo, Los Abetos, Caña Seca, Mancomojan, Campo Ameno.

Culture

Every year in the year's first week its people enjoy the town's main party: El festival de la algarroba (The festival of algarroba).The Algarroba (Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpinaceae)) is a tree that grows easily in Galeras.

External links

9.1667°N -78°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018. DANE. es. 23 April 2020. 13 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200813095951/https://sitios.dane.gov.co/cnpv/#!/. dead.
  2. Web site: Alcaldía Municipal de Galeras - Sucre. 2021-02-17. www.galeras-sucre.gov.co. es-es.