Galeras, Sucre

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

Galeras, Sucre
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Galeras, Sucre in the Sucre Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentSucre Department
Government
 • MajorFrancisco Ramirez Mejía
Area
 • Total326.1 km2 (125.9 sq mi)
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (Census 2018[1])
 • Total20,239
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Websitewww.galeras-sucre.gov.co

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.

References
  1. "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 23 April 2020.


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