Villanueva
Villanueva is a town and municipality located in the northern Department of La Guajira, Colombia. Villanueva is known in Colombia for being the cradle of many vallenato singers and composers. The economy of the town relies heavily on agriculture and farming.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: municipality of Colombia with 23,500 residents
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of La Guajira
- Also known as: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Urumita.
Urumita
Town
Urumita is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Urumita is situated 6 km southwest of Villanueva.
Villanueva
- Location: La Guajira, Costa Norte, Colombia, South America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Villanueva” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Villanueva (Colombia)”
- Asturian: “Villanueva”
- Catalan: “Villanueva”
- Cebuano: “Villanueva”
- Chinese: “Villanueva”
- Chinese: “比利亚努埃瓦”
- Chinese: “比利亞努埃瓦”
- Dutch: “Villanueva”
- French: “Villanueva”
- Galician: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Galician: “Villanueva”
- Georgian: “ვილიანუევა”
- German: “Villanueva”
- Irish: “Villanueva”
- Italian: “Villanueva”
- Japanese: “ビジャヌエバ”
- Malay: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Malay: “Villanueva”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Villanueva”
- Persian: “وییانوئوا”
- Polish: “Villanueva”
- Portuguese: “Villanueva”
- Russian: “Вильянуэва”
- Scots: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Scots: “Villanueva”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Villanueva”
- Spanish: “Villanueva Guajira”
- Spanish: “Villanueva”
- Swedish: “Villanueva”
- Tagalog: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Tagalog: “Villanueva”
- Turkish: “Villanueva (belediye)”
- Turkish: “Villanueva (La Guajira)”
- Turkish: “Villanueva belediyesi”
- Turkish: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Turkish: “Villanueva”
- Vietnamese: “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Vietnamese: “Villanueva”
- Waray (Philippines): “Villanueva, La Guajira”
- Waray (Philippines): “Villanueva”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Estancia and El Rosario.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loma Las Panelas and Loma El Plan de Gómez.
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