Manaure River
Manaure was the name of an indigenous chief or Cacique in Coro (Venezuela) (Venezuela) it may also refer to: *Manaure, Cesar a town and municipality in Colombia *Manaure, La Guajira a town and municipality in Colombia * Manaure River a river in Colombia flowing through Manaure, Cesar Manaure also known as Balcón del Cesar (Cesar's Balcony) is a Colombian town and municipality located in the northeastern region of the Cesar Department on the Serranía del Perijá. Geography Manaure borders to the north with the municipality ...

Coro (Venezuela)
Coro, historically known as Neu-Augsburg, is the capital of Falcón, Falcón State and the second oldest city of Venezuela (after Cumaná). It was founded on July 26, 1527, by Juan de Ampíes as Santa Ana de Coro. It is established at the south of the Paraguaná Peninsula in a coastal plain, flanked by the Médanos de Coro National Park to the north and the Sierra de Falcón, Sierra de Coro to the south, at a few kilometers from its port (La Vela de Coro) in the Caribbean Sea at a point equidistant between the Ensenada de La Vela and Golfete de Coro. It has a wide cultural tradition that comes from being the urban settlement founded by the Spanish conquerors who colonized the interior of the continent. It was the first capital of the Venezuela Province and head of the first bishop founded in South America in 1531. As Neu-Augsburg, it was the first German colonial projects before 1871, German colony in the Americas under the Welser family of Augsburg. The precursor movement of the in ...
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Manaure, Cesar
Manaure also known as Balcón del Cesar (Cesar's Balcony) is a Colombian town and municipality located in the northeastern region of the Cesar Department on the Serranía del Perijá. Geography Manaure borders to the north with the municipality of La Jagua del Pilar in the Department of La Guajira; to the east with Venezuela and to the south with the municipality of Los Robles La Paz. The Municipality of Manaure is predominantly mountainous with higher altitudes ranging from 1000 to 2500 m oversea level on the eastern side of the municipality and decreasing to the west. The municipality has two main rivers; the Manaure River and the Chiriaimo River. History Pre-Columbian Prior to the Spanish colonization of the Americas the region was inhabited by the Bohures indigenous group, descendants of the Caribs which arrived to the region from what is present-day Venezuela crossing the Serranía del Perijá mountain range. Republicanism The area of Manaure was initially under the ...
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Manaure, La Guajira
Manaure or Salinas de Manaure is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Manaure's main economic activity is the exploitation of the vast amounts of salt in the area. Geography The municipality of Manaure is located in northernmost part of South America, on the arid plains of the Guajira Peninsula, in the Colombian Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Caribbean Sea to the east with the municipality of Uribia; to the south with the municipality of Maicao and to the west with the municipality of Riohacha. Manaure: Geography
The municipality of Manaure is within the Guajira-Barranquilla xeric scrub with water stream ...
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Manaure River
Manaure was the name of an indigenous chief or Cacique in Coro (Venezuela) (Venezuela) it may also refer to: *Manaure, Cesar a town and municipality in Colombia *Manaure, La Guajira a town and municipality in Colombia * Manaure River a river in Colombia flowing through Manaure, Cesar Manaure also known as Balcón del Cesar (Cesar's Balcony) is a Colombian town and municipality located in the northeastern region of the Cesar Department on the Serranía del Perijá. Geography Manaure borders to the north with the municipality ...