Distracción
Distracción is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. Founded in 1845 by a man from neighboring Barrancas named Antonio María Vidal on the right margin of the Ranchería River.
- Town with about 13,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (210 feet)
- …is also known as “Distracción, La Guajira”
- Description: Colombian municipality of the department of La Guajira
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fonseca.
Fonseca
Fonseca is a municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira.
6 km east of Distracción
Distracción
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Latitude
10.89937° or 10° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
-72.88757° or 72° 53′ 15″ west
Open location code
7729V4X6+PX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Waray—“Distracción” goes by many names.
DistracciónAsturian
Distracción (Colombia)Asturian
DistracciónCebuano
迪斯特拉克西翁Chinese
DistracciónDutch
DistracciónGalician
Distracción, La GuajiraGalician
დისტრასიონიGeorgian
DistracciónIrish
DistracciónItalian
ディストラクシオンJapanese
DistracciónMalay
Distracción, La GuajiraMalay
DistracciónMin Nan Chinese
دیستراکسیونPersian
دیستراکسیون (لا گواخیرا)Persian
DistracciónPolish
ДистраксьонRussian
DistracciónSwedish
DistracciónTagalog
Distracción, La GuajiraTagalog
DistracciónTurkish
Distracción (belediye)Turkish
Distracción belediyesiTurkish
دستراکسیون، لا گواخیراUrdu
DistracciónVietnamese
DistracciónWaray (Philippines)
Distracción, La GuajiraWaray (Philippines)
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