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Sabanalarga, Atlántico
Sabanalarga (, Spanish for "Long Plain") is a municipality in the Atlántico Department, Colombia. Founded in 1620 by Lucas Dionisio Tesillo y Diego and Marceliano de Jesús Almanza. It became a municipality in 1680. Geography Sabanalarga is located in the middle of the Atlántico Department. It is surrounded to the north by the municipalities of Usiacurí, Baranoa, and Polonuevo; to the east by the municipality of Ponedera; to the south by the municipalities of Candelaria, and Manatí; to the southwest by the municipality of Repelón and to the west by the municipalities of Luruaco Luruaco is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. References External links * Gobernacion del Atlantico - LuruacoLuruaco official website Municipalities of Atlántico Department {{Atlántico-geo-stub ... and Piojó. Notable people * Juana de J. Sarmiento (1899-1979), politician, activist * Mauro Manotas (1995-) Football player for Tijuana Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Colombia
The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. Municipalities make up most of the departments of Colombia with 1,122 municipalities (''municipios''). Each one of them is led by a mayor (''alcalde'') elected by popular vote and represents the maximum executive government official at a municipality level under the mandate of the governor of their department which is a representative of all municipalities in the department; municipalities are grouped to form departments. The municipalities of Colombia are also grouped in an association called the ''Federación Colombiana de Municipios'' (Colombian Federation of Municipalities), which functions as a union under the private law and under the constitutional right to free association to defend their common interests. Categories Conforming to the law 1551/12 that modified the sixth article of the law 136/94 Article 7 http://www.alcaldiabogota.gov.co/sisjur/normas/Norma1.jsp?i=48267 the mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candelaria, Atlántico
Candelaria is a municipality and town in the Colombian department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Atlántico. References External links Candelaria official website Municipalities of Atlántico Department {{Atlántico-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Manotas
Mauro Andrés Manotas Páez (born 15 July 1995) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga MX club Atlas. Club career Uniautónoma Manota was the top scorer at the 2013 Colombian U20 championship with 200 goals, and the following year he scored 220 goals for Uniautónoma's youth team in the group stage of the Campeonato Postobón 2014. On 29 May 2013, Manotas made his first team debut Uniautónoma when he got the start in a 3–2 loss to Valledupar FC in the Copa Colombia. He made his Categoria Primera A debut on 12 April 2014 when he came on as a sub in a 1–0 win over Millionarios. Manotas scored his first goal for the Uniautónoma first team on 13 August 2014 in a 2–1 Copa Colombia defeat to Valledupar. On 16 August 2014, he scored his first Primera A goal to give Uniautónoma a 3–2 win over La Equidad. Uniautónoma faced off with Deportes Quindío in the 2014 relegation playoffs, and Manotas scored the winning goal in the second leg t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juana De J
Juana is a Spanish female first name. It is the feminine form of Juan (English John), and thus corresponds to the English names Jane, Janet, Jean, Joan, and Joanna. Juanita is a common variant. The name Juana may refer to: People *Juana I (1479–1555), Queen of Castile and Aragon *Juana Rosa Aguirre (1877–1963), Chilean first lady *Juana Azurduy de Padilla (1780–1862), South American military leader *Juana Barraza (born 1957), Mexican serial killer *Juana Belén Gutiérrez de Mendoza (1875–1942), Mexican writer *Juana Bormann (1893–1945), German war criminal *Juana Briones de Miranda (1802–1889), American landowner *Juana Castro (born 1933), Cuban exile *Juana de Ibarbourou (1892–1979), Uruguayan poet *Juana Enriquez (1425–1468), Queen of Aragon *Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695), Mexican scholar * Juana Teresa Juega López (1885-1979), Galician-language Spanish poet *Juana Lumerman (1905–1982), Argentine artist *Juana Manuel (1339–1381), Queen of Castile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luruaco
Luruaco is a municipality and town in the Colombian department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ... of Atlántico. References External links * Gobernacion del Atlantico - LuruacoLuruaco official website Municipalities of Atlántico Department {{Atlántico-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repelón
Repelón is a Colombian municipality and town in the department of Atlántico. References External links Gobernacion del Atlantico - RepelónRepelón official website Municipalities of Atlántico Department {{Atlántico-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manatí, Atlántico
Manatí is a Colombian municipality located to the south of the Atlántico department, approximately 44 miles from Barranquilla. It was created in 1639 in a place the natives used to call Mahabana. Its current population according to the latest DANE's (Colombian National Administrative Department of Statistics) census is 13.456 people. Climate Manatí has a very hot tropical savanna climate (Köppen: ''Aw'') with a dry season The dry season is a yearly period of low rainfall, especially in the tropics. The weather in the tropics is dominated by the tropical rain belt, which moves from the northern to the southern tropics and back over the course of the year. The te ... from December to March. References External links Manatí official websiteManatí website {{DEFAULTSORT:Manati, Atlantico Municipalities of Atlántico Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponedera
Ponedera () is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. References External links Gobernacion del Atlantico - PonederaPonedera official website {{coord, 10, 39, N, 74, 45, W, region:CO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Municipalities of Atlántico Department ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departments Of Colombia
Colombia is a unitary state, unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ''departamento'') and a Capital District (''Capital districts and territories, Distrito Capital''). Each department has a governor (''gobernador'') and an Assembly (''Asamblea Departamental''), elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods. Departments are administrative division, country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy. Departments are formed by a grouping of municipalities of Colombia, municipalities (''municipios'', sing. ''municipio''). Municipal government is headed by mayor (''alcalde'') and administered by a municipal council (''concejo municipal''), both of which are elected for four-year periods. Some departments have subdivisions above the level of municipalities, commonly known as provinces of Colombia, provinces. Chart of departments Each one of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polonuevo
Polonuevo is a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico. References External links Gobernacion del Atlantico - PolonuevoPolonuevo official website Municipalities of Atlántico Department {{Atlántico-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baranoa
Baranoa is a Colombian city in the colombian department of Atlántico and widely known for being the birth city of the very first documented black president of Colombia, Juan José Nieto Gil. Its geographical location has historically led to the coining of the name "El corazón alegre del Atlántico", ("The happy heart of the Atlantic" in English), since it is located almost exactly in the center of the department. Geography The municipality occupies an area of 127 km2, including rural, urban, suburban and protected land. Baranoa is irrigated by several creeks including Santa Rosa, Campeche, Big creek and Deep creek. Demographics Baranoa has 55,178 inhabitants (2006 Census). 82.63% of these are concentrated in the urban area and 17.37% in rural areas. History Baranoa was an indigenous settlement located close to Big Creek (Arroyo Grande) when the Spanish conquered it under the command of Don Pedro de Heredia in 1534. In October 1543, it was commended by the Spanish Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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