Tolú | |
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 |
Area Total Km2: | 301.22 |
Area Urban Km2: | 8.75 |
Population As Of: | 2018 census |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 32922 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Urban: | 26401 |
Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 2 |
Tolú is a small town in Sucre Department, northern Colombia on the Caribbean coast. The municipality has an area of 500 km2. It is named after the Tolú, one the pre-Columbian indigenous people of the North Colombia lowlands.
The municipality of Tolú borders to the North with San Onofre, to the East with Toluviejo, to the South with Coveñas, Palmito and Sincelejo.