Tolú is a small town in
Sucre Department, northern
Colombia
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on the Caribbean coast. The municipality has an area of 500 km
2. It is named after the Tolú, one the
pre-Columbian
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, or as the pre-Cabraline era specifically in Brazil, spans from the initial peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to the onset of European col ...
indigenous people
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territ ...
of the
North Colombia lowlands.
The municipality of Tolú borders to the North with
San Onofre, to the East with
Toluviejo, to the South with
Coveñas,
Palmito and
Sincelejo.
Notable people
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Héctor Rojas Herazo (1920–2002), novelist, poet and painter
See also
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Toluene
Toluene (), also known as toluol (), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon with the chemical formula , often abbreviated as , where Ph stands for the phenyl group. It is a colorless, water
Water is an inorganic compound with the c ...
References
External links
Gobernacion de Sucre - TolúToluCaribe.com - Recreación, Historia y Cultura de Tolú.
Port cities in the Caribbean
Municipalities of Sucre Department
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