San Juan Nepomuceno is a town and municipality located in the Bolívar Department, northern

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 ...

. It is named after

Saint John of Nepomuk John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) ( cs, Jan Nepomucký; german: Johannes Nepomuk; la, Ioannes Nepomucenus) ( 1345 – 20 March 1393) was the saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of Wenceslaus ...

Notable residents

Mayerlis Angarita was born here in about 1980. She has won awards for her leadership on women's rights and she has been a mayoral candidate.

References

Municipalities of Bolívar Department {{Bolivar-Colombia-geo-stub