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San Juan del Cesar
La Guajiratown
Total population
25,587
Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
San Juan del Cesar, a town in La Guajira, Colombia, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Geographically it lies in the northern hemisphere at a tropical latitude (10.774°, -73.002°). Census-style estimates put the resident count near 25,587. Open data lists it as at a low elevation of 250 m, covering an extensive 1,415 km². Resident density is around 18 per km², indicating a very sparse settlement pattern. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. Public records associate its founding with 1701. Continue scrolling for population, climate, environmental and points-of-interest data drawn from public sources.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
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Official Identifiers
DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística
- DANE / DIVIPOLA
- 44650
- Population (Wikidata)
- 39,472
- Wikidata
- Q1256394
DANE code via Wikidata P7325
Sources
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image
- • DANE — Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística — DANE code via Wikidata P7325