Riohacha
Riohacha is the capital of the department of La Guajira. The city with 188,000 inhabitants is on the Caribbean coast and the land behind the town is rather desert-like.- …has about 168,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 460 metres (1,510 feet)
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Latitude
11.1667° or 11° 10′ north
Longitude
-73.0833° or 73° 5′ west
Open location code
77385W88+MM
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