Chimichagua
Sign in to saveChimichagua () is a city and municipality in the central region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. Approximately one third of the municipality of Chimichagua is water. The municipality seat lies by the Cienaga de Zapatosa marshes.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.official_name
- Chimichagua
- Settlement.nickname
- "El Viejo Puerto""The Old Port"
- Settlement.motto
- "Peace, Union and Work" Paz, Union y Trabajo
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Chimichagua (Cesar).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo Chimichagua.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Cesar - Chimichagua.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 200px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Chimichagua in the Department of Cesar.
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Caribbean
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Cesar
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rigoberto Perez(Colombian Conservative Party)
- Settlement.established_title
- Foundation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Cesar Department
- Population
- 30303
- Area
- 1568
- Elevation
- 49
- Official website
- www.chimichagua-cesar.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Chimichagua, Cesar.png
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- History
- Pre-Columbian
- Spanish conquest and colonization
- Republicanism
- Politics
- Administrative divisions
- Corregimientos
- References
- External links
Chimichagua () is a city and municipality in the central region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. Approximately one third of the municipality of Chimichagua is water. The municipality seat lies by the Cienaga de Zapatosa marshes.
==Etymology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chimichagua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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