Guanentá Province is a province in
Santander Department
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,
Colombia
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. The province was named after the Amerindian
Chief Guanentá, leader of the
Guanes, who were the original inhabitants of the region.
Municipalities
Guanentá Province is divided into seventeen municipalities:
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Aratoca
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Barichara
Barichara is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
In 2010, in recognition of its history, architecture, and touristic potential, Barichara was declared a Colombian '' Pueblo Patrimonio'' (heritage town). ...
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Charalá
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Curití
Curiti is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in North-Eastern Colombia. The area is famous for crafts made from fique, or agave sisal.
Curiti is the birthplace of Alejandro Galvis Galvis, a renowned politician and publisher.
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San Gil
San Gil is a town and municipality in the Department of Santander in northeastern Colombia, located roughly 300 km (192 mi) from Bogotá and 95 km from the department's capital, Bucaramanga. As of 2020, San Gil had a population of 5 ...
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Socorro
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Mogotes
Mogotes () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department, in northeastern Colombia
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Other Towns
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Coromoro
Coromoro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia
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Encino
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Jordán
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Ocamonte
Ocamonte is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia.
Location
The municipality is located just one hour away from San Gil by paved road. There are three access routes: San Gil-Ocamonte by the bridge "palenqu ...
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Onzaga
Onzaga () is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. Onzaga borders in the north San Joaquín, in the east and south the municipalities Soatá, Covarachía, Tipacoque and Tutazá of the department of Boyac ...
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Pinchote
Pinchote is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia
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San Joaquin
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Valley of San Jose
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Villanueva
Hydrography
* Fonce River born in the south of this province and it crosses it, from the south to the north west, gathering to his river steps such as: pienta, the mogoticos, broken of deer, and others, passes through towns such as Charalá, San Jose Valley (Valle de San José), Ocamonte, happens through territories of wooded hills. The urban helmet of San Gil, through near Pinchote, and ends to Suarez River.
* Pienta Fonce River is one of the main effluents of Fonce River
* Taquiza Fonce River: another one of the main tributaries of Fonce River
* Mogoticos River: this
tributary
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of Fonce River, as its name indicates, it comes from the Guanentino wooded hill municipality, and ends to Fonce River in the heat of the park Gallineral in San Gil.
* Broken of Deer: this gorge comes from the municipality of Paramo, and ends at Fonce River, near the bridge of the valley, that unites San Gil and Paramo with the municipality of San Jose Valley (Valle de San José).
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Provinces of Santander Department