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The Caribbean Region

The Caribbean region is located in the north of the country, bordering the Caribbean Sea and Venezuela. It is composed of eight departments which are: Cesar, San Andrés and Providencia, Sucre, Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, Magdalena and La Guajira. The most important cities are: Cartagena de Indias, Santa Marta, Barranquilla, Riohacha, Sincelejo and Montería.

The climate of the Caribbean Region is generally warm within the category of tropical climate, however, it has some areas that escape this characteristic, especially the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. In the department of La Guajira there are some semi-desert areas.

In this region a broken relief predominates that often acquires the form of low mountains, since, its average height does not exceed 300 meters above sea level. Next to these small elevations are lands of alluvial character, that is to say materials dragged and deposited by the currents of water. Among the low-lying mountains, the following stand out: San Jerónimo and San Lucas; the mountains of María and Piojó; the hills of La Guajira and the imposing Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

In the Caribbean region there is a diversity of rivers: Magdalena, Cauca, Sinú, San Jorge, Saldaña, Cesar and Atrato, also, you can find lagoons and swamps like the swamp of Zapatosa, Ayapel swamp, lorica swamp, etc.

Among the customs of this region are cumbia dance, the interpretation of vallenato, eating fried fish, among others.

The most important celebration are: the carnival of Barranquilla, the celebration of atlantic sea, the reign of beauty in Cartagena, the leyenda vallenata festival, the fair of agriculture and livestok exhibition, the national cattle raising and amateur bullfights.