Cape of the Vela, La Guajira Desert by the Caribbean Sea.

La Guajira Desert is located in the northernmost part of Colombia in the La Guajira Department, covering most of La Guajira Peninsula including Venezuelan territory. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. The Department of La Guajira or simply La Guajira (la ɰwa'hiɾa is a department of Colombia. Guajira Peninsula (Peninsula de La Guajira is a Peninsula in northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela in the Caribbean sea. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the The area holds immense coal reserves, exploited in a zone known as El Cerrejon. Cerrejón is a coal mine located in the Guajira department in the north of Colombia. The area is also home to the indigenous Wayuu people and a variety of desert flora and fauna. Wayuu language Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayúu, Guajiro, Wahiro) is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula