Sucre, Sucre | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Sucre |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Sucre (MainLand) |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Sucre Department |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Assad Elías Cure Hernández,(2024-2027) |
Area Total Km2: | 1110.54 |
Population As Of: | Census 2018[1] |
Population Total: | 23971 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 20 |
Sucre is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. It is located with the municipalities of Majagual and Guaranda in the subregion of the Mojana, which conforms part of the so-called Moposine depression, a geographical area characterized by being under sea-level and therefore prone to flooding.
Sucre used to be the home of famous writer Gabriel García Márquez, and one of his best-known novels, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, is based on real life events which occurred in the town.