Tolú
Tolú is a small municipality and town in Sucre Department, northern Colombia by the Caribbean sea. The municipality has an area of 500 km². It is named for the Tolú, one the Pre-Columbian era, pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples of South America, indigenous people of the Geography of Colombia, North Colombia lowlands. The municipality of Tolú borders North with San Onofre, Sucre, San Onofre, East with Toluviejo, South with Coveñas, Palmito, Sucre, Palmito and Sincelejo. Notable people * Héctor Rojas Herazo (1920–2002), novelist, poet and painter See also *Toluene References External links Gobernacion de Sucre - TolúToluCaribe.com - Recreación, Historia y Cultura de Tolú.
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Sucre Department
Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by Bolívar Department on the east and by Córdoba Department on the west. Sucre was named in honor of the Independence hero Antonio José de Sucre who was quoted by the founders of this department in reference to Simón Bolívar's death as saying "They have killed my heart", expression said while cruising the territory of the present day Sucre Department. As of 2009, the Sucre Department has an estimated population of 802,733, of which 234,886 are in the department capital Sincelejo, according to the DANE projections. History Pre-Columbian Before the Spanish Conquest, the land comprising the department of Sucre was mainly inhabited by two groups of indigenous people — the Zenú and the Turbacos. The Zenú language was perhaps part of ...
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Héctor Rojas Herazo
Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter. Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic works in his childhood and was taught in plastic arts by his cousin José Manuel González. Later he wrote as journalist for several papers. As painter he realized more than sixty exhibitions on the American and the European continent. He died in Bogotá.''Héctor Rojas Herazo''
(Spanish), Universidad del Norte.

Publications

* ''Rostro en la soledad'', poetry, 1952 * ''Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros'', 1952 * ''Tránsito de Caín'', poetry, 1953 * ''Desde la luz preguntan por nosotros'', poetry, 1956 * ''Agresión de las formas contra ...
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Coveñas
Coveñas is a Resort town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. It was established in the 16th century as a port for slave traders, then it became an oil port in the twentieth century . It became a municipality in 2002. The town is now a popular resort for the people of the Colombian Andean region. History The area was founded in 1560 as a slave port. Then in the mid 1800s, after slavery was made illegal, it became a meat trading port. In 1971, oil was discovered in the area, and soon, many Colombian oil companies started to settle there. In the late 1970s, hotels were built to promote tourism. It became a town and municipality in 2002. Tourism Coveñas has undergone significant tourist development since the 1960s, initially oriented more towards the local and regional population. Since the 70s, due to the characteristics of its sea, its beaches and the existence of a more appropriate infrastructure to offer services and amenities to tourists ...
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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 ...
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Sincelejo
Sincelejo () is the capital and largest city of the Colombian department of Sucre. It is also the main city in the denominated '' Región Sabanas'' (Savannas Region), a subdivision of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, and the 23rd largest city by population in Colombia.http://www.dane.gov.co Censo 2005 Dane It is located 30 kilometers from the Caribbean Sea by the Gulf of Morrosquillo, 125 kilometers from Cartagena, and 200 kilometers from Barranquilla. Origin of Name The origin of the name Sincelejo is a subject of controversy with no consensus as to its source. The most widely accepted theory is that the Spanish city is named after Cincel, who is reputed to have been the leader ("cacique," often translated, "chief") of the indigenous people who inhabited the area where the town was founded. One author states, without citation, that this theory is supported by documents in the General National Archives (AGN) in Bogota. History The land comprising Sincelejo was inhabite ...
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San Onofre, Sucre
San Onofre is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. References Gobernacion de Sucre - San OnofreSan Onofre official website {{coord, 9, 44, N, 75, 32, W, region:CO_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

Toluene
Toluene (), also known as toluol (), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon. It is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid with the smell associated with paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH3) attached to a phenyl group. As such, its systematic IUPAC name is methylbenzene. Toluene is predominantly used as an industrial feedstock and a solvent. As the solvent in some types of paint thinner, permanent markers, contact cement and certain types of glue, toluene is sometimes used as a recreational inhalant and has the potential of causing severe neurological harm. History The compound was first isolated in 1837 through a distillation of pine oil by the Polish chemist Filip Walter, who named it ''rétinnaphte''. In 1841, French chemist Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville isolated a hydrocarbon from balsam of Tolu (an aromatic extract from the tropical Colombian tree ''Myroxylon balsamum''), which Deville recognized as similar to Wa ...
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Palmito, Sucre
Palmito is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. References Gobernacion de Sucre - PalmitoPalmito official website {{coord, 9, 20, N, 75, 33, W, region:CO_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki, display=title Sucre Sucre () is the capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . This relatively high altitude gives the ...

Toluviejo
Toluviejo is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia. References Gobernacion de Sucre - Toluviejo Cafe Internet Toluviejo Sucre - compuserver Sucre Sucre () is the Capital city, capital of Bolivia, the capital of the Chuquisaca Department and the List of cities in Bolivia, 6th most populated city in Bolivia. Located in the south-central part of the country, Sucre lies at an elevation of . T ...

Julian H
Julian may refer to: People * Julian (emperor) (331–363), Roman emperor from 361 to 363 * Julian (Rome), referring to the Roman gens Julia, with imperial dynasty offshoots * Saint Julian (other), several Christian saints * Julian (given name), people with the given name Julian * Julian (surname), people with the surname Julian * Julian (singer), Russian pop singer Places * Julian, California, a census-designated place in San Diego County * Julian, Kansas, an unincorporated community in Stanton County * Julian, Nebraska, a village in Nemaha County * Julian, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Guilford County * Julian, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Centre County * Julian, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in Boone County Other uses * ''Julian'' (album), a 1976 album by Pepper Adams * ''Julian'' (novel), a 1964 novel by Gore Vidal about the emperor * Julian (geology), a substage of the Carnian stage of th ...
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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 ...
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Handbook Of South American Indians
The ''Handbook of South American Indians'' is a monographic series of edited scholarly and reference volumes in ethnographic studies, published by the Smithsonian Institution between 1940 and 1947."Handbook of South American Indians (1940-1947), Records."
'National Anthropological Archives and Human Studies Film Archives ''. (retrieved 24 Feb 2011) In 1932, Baron agreed to edit the series for the Division of Anthropology and Psychology; however, he ...
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