La Jagua de Ibirico ((), literally "The
Jagua of
Ibirico") is a town and municipality in the
Department of Cesar
Caesar Department ( es, Departamento del Cesar, links=no) or simply Caesar () is a departments of Colombia, department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean Region of Colombia, Caribbean region, bordering to the north ...
,
Colombia
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. This region of La Jagua is rich in
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
which is exploited extensively and is second only to
El Cerrejon
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Religion
* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American po ...
in
La Guajira
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 ...
. The area is also known for being a hot spot in the
Colombian conflict
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.
Geography
The municipality of La Jagua de Ibirico borders to the north with the municipality of
Becerril
Becerril or Becerril de Campos is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Cesar.
Geography
The municipality of Becerril borders to the east with the country of Venezuela where the Serranía del Perijá mountain ranges is shared ...
; to the east with
Venezuela
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; to the south with the municipality of
Chiriguana and to the west with the municipality of
El Paso
El Paso (; "the pass") is a city in and the seat of El Paso County in the western corner of the U.S. state of Texas. The 2020 population of the city from the U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the 23rd-largest city in the U.S., the s ...
.
History
The first inhabitants in the region were the
Chiriguanás. During the
Spanish conquest of the Americas
Spain began colonizing the Americas under the Crown of Castile and was spearheaded by the Spanish . The Americas were invaded and incorporated into the Spanish Empire, with the exception of Brazil, British America, and some small regions of ...
period, some remnants of indigenous tribes pertaining to the
Arhuacos
The Arhuaco are an indigenous people of Colombia. They are Chibchan-speaking people and descendants of the Tairona culture, concentrated in northern Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Name
The Arhuaco are also known as the Aruaco, B ...
and
Yucos established in the area. The village of La Jagua was founded in 1771 by the Spanish
Juan Ramon de Ibirico.
La Jagua de Ibirico became a municipality by ordinance 005 of 1979. In 1985 the rudimentary exploitation of
coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen.
Coal is formed when dea ...
began but with little results due to inexperience. In 1990 the government sponsored Carbocol gave concessions to mining companies.
National System for Cultural Information: La Jagua de Ibirico
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References
External links
Information, La Jagua de Ibirico
La Jagua de Ibirico official website
Gobernacion del Cesar, La Jagua de Ibirico
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Municipalities of Cesar Department
Populated places established in 1771