Curiti is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in North-Eastern

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

. The area is famous for crafts made from fique, or agave sisal. Curiti is the birthplace of

Alejandro Galvis Galvis Alejandro Galvis Galvis (13 February 1891 – 17 June 1981) was a Colombian publisher and politician. He graduated the law school of the Universidad Republicana de Bogotá. From 1914 on he worked as journalist for the newspapers ''Juventud Lib ...

, a renowned politician and publisher.

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Municipalities of Santander Department {{Santander-geo-stub