The Serranía del Perijá, Cordilla de Perijá or Sierra de Perijá is a mountain range, an extension of the eastern Andean branch (Cordillera Oriental), in northern South America, between Colombia and Venezuela, ending further north in the Guajira Desert, a total distance of about 310 km. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. The Cordillera Oriental is one of three main mountain ranges that divides the Cordillera in the Andes Mountains of Colombia. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the La Guajira Desert is located in the northernmost part of Colombia in the La Guajira Department, covering most of La Guajira Peninsula including It separates the Maracaibo Basin from the Cesar River valley. The Maracaibo Basin in Western Venezuela is a prolific oil-producing sedimentary basin The Cesar River is a river in northern Colombia which is a part of the Magdalena Basin.
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Geography
Starting at the southern most point, near Ocaña, Colombia, this mountain range forms the boundary between the Colombian departments of Norte de Santander and Cesar, and then as the range progresses north, it forms the international boundary between Venezuela (Zulia State) and Colombia (Cesar Department). Ocaña is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Norte de Santander. Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Cesar ( Spanish, French and Portuguese - as C é sar - for Caesar) may refer to People César Augusto Estado Zulia is one of Venezuela 's 23 states ''(estados''. The state capital is Maracaibo. Included in the range are the Sierra Motilones, Sierra Valledupar, and Sierra Oca. The highest point is Cerro de Las Tetas at 3630 meters, followed by Cerro Irapa at 3540 m. , Serranía de Macuira at 864 m. Serranía de Macuira is a mountain range in northern Colombia located in the municipality of Uribia, Guajira Peninsula and part of the , and Cerro Aceite at 853 m.
Peoples
The range is 58% in Venezuela, and 42% in Colombia. Venezuela has set aside a substantial part of the central part of the range as a national park, and Colombia has a smaller one. In the Venezuelan portion there are Amerindian reservations for the Yucpa and Barí people, and in Colombia for the Iroko and Sokorpa people. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Venezuela has started a colonialization border plan building new communities along the border in the Perijá. The town of Cojoro was the first one completed, followed by communities for the Wayuu and Goajira peoples. Wayuu language Wayuu (also Wayu, Wayúu, Guajiro, Wahiro) is an Amerindian ethnic group of the La Guajira Peninsula
Economy and politics
The climate is mostly tropical humid forests, with cultivation of coffee, amapola flowers and marijuana. CoFFEE is an Open source Software for computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL in a digital classroom Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a It is also a hot spot in the Colombian Conflict serving as home to a northern caribbean guerrilla front of the FARC, and an ELN guerrilla column, that have also strayed into Venezuelan territory. The Colombian armed conflict or Colombian Civil War are terms that are employed to refer to the current asymmetric low-intensity armed conflict in Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia – People’s Army (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – Ejército del Pueblo also known by the Acronym of Guerrilla warfare is the unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes raids etc Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the
Notes
- ^ Peakbagger, Perija-Guajira
- ^ VHeadline.com Sunday, January 18, 1998, New border town ready in April as another gets lined up for flash point Perija, by Patrick J. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) O'Donoghue.
- ^ fac.mil.co,Accessed March 9, 2007, Colombian Air Force; "The New Corridors of Arms, Drugs and Death". Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The Colombian Air Force or FAC (Fuerza Aérea Colombiana is the Air Force of The Republic of Colombia.