Guajira may refer to: *

Guajira Peninsula The Guajira Peninsula ( es, Península de La Guajira, links=no, also spelled ''Goajira'', mainly in colonial period texts, guc, Hikükariby) is a peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean. It is the northernm ...

, a peninsula in the northernmost part of South America shared by Colombia and Venezuela *

Guajiro people The Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayúu, Guajiro, Wahiro) are an Amerindian ethnic group of the Guajira Peninsula in northernmost part of Colombia and northwest Venezuela. The Wayuu language is part of the Maipuran (Arawak) language family. Geography Th ...

(Wayuu), a South American ethnic group inhabiting northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela * guajiro bean (also known as the kapeshuna bean), a set of heirloom cultivars of the

cowpea The cowpea (''Vigna unguiculata'') is an annual herbaceous legume from the genus ''Vigna''. Its tolerance for sandy soil and low rainfall have made it an important crop in the semiarid regions across Africa and Asia. It requires very few input ...

grown chiefly in northeastern Colombia *

La Guajira Department La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the departm ...

, a department of Colombia which includes most of the Guajira Peninsula *

La Guajira Desert The La Guajira Desert (Wayuu: Woumainkat Wajiira) is a desert located in northern Colombia and Venezuela, approximately north of Bogotá, covering most of the La Guajira Peninsula at the northernmost tip of South America. It is the continent's ...

, a desert which covers most of the Guajira Peninsula *

Guajira (music) Guajira is a music genre derived from the punto cubano. According to some specialists, the punto cubano was known in Spain since the 18th century, where it was called "punto de La Habana", and by the second half of the 19th century it was adopt ...

, a style of Cuban music, song or dance * ''Guajira'' (TV series), a Colombian telenovela * Guajira (slang), is also another way to denote a woman who works and lives in a rural area.

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