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Villanueva

La Guajiratown

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Total population

28,346

Coordinates10.60°, -72.98°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Villanueva is a town in La Guajira, Colombia. Coordinates of 10.605°, -72.982° situate Villanueva in the tropical zone of the northern hemisphere. Population sits at roughly 28,346 according to the open data we track. The latitude suggests warm temperatures throughout the year with pronounced wet and dry seasons. The location receives about 1,854 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 73% of daylight hours. Further detail — demographics, climate, nearby amenities and natural-hazard data — is compiled below from public open-data sources.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
10.6047
Longitude
-72.9820
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
5,504
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Prosopis, Mesquite, Algaroba bean, Mexican thorn, Ironwood
    Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. · Magnoliopsida
    204
  • Steel acacia
    Vachellia macracantha (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Seigler & Ebinger · Magnoliopsida
    177
  • Scaled Dove
    Columbina squammata (R.Lesson, 1831) · Aves
    124
  • Red-crowned Woodpecker
    Melanerpes rubricapillus (Cabanis, 1862) · Aves
    109
  • banana
    Musa ×paradisiaca L. · Liliopsida
    107
  • brown-throated conure
    Aratinga pertinax (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    103
  • Tropical Gnatcatcher
    Polioptila plumbea (Gmelin, 1788) · Aves
    102
  • Bicolored Wren
    Campylorhynchus griseus (Swainson, 1838) · Aves
    87

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
28
Largest magnitude
5.1
Largest event
2020-07-22

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Silvestre Dangond
Silvestre Dangond
Colombian singer, recording artist
Jorge Celedón
Jorge Celedón
singer
Á
Álvaro Saieh
Chilean businessman
E
Ervin González
Colombian footballer
A
Anderson Plata
Colombian soccer player
Jorge Dangond Daza
Jorge Dangond Daza
Colombian politician (1922-2008)
Poncho Zuleta
Poncho Zuleta
Colombian singer
I
Iván Zuleta
Colombian musician, recording artist
putaso monterito
putaso monterito
Colombian footballer
E
Emiliano Zuleta Díaz
Colombian songwriter, accordion player
Egidio Cuadrado
Egidio Cuadrado
Colombian accordionist (1953–2024)
J
Julio Oñate Martínez
Colombian writer
O
Orangel Maestre Socarrás
Colombian accordionist of vallenato music, he was crowned Vallenato King in 1984 at the Vallenato Legend Festival in Valledupar.
A
Armando Zabaleta
Colombian songwriter, singer, and musician
C
Crescencio Camacho
Colombian singer and songwriter
J
Jesús Alberto Torres Ariza
Colombian Roman-Catholic bishop

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in La Guajira

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.08
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,854

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org