Distracción

Distracción is a town and municipality in the Department of . Founded in 1845 by a man from neighboring named Antonio María Vidal on the right margin of the .
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  • Type: Town with 13,000 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of La Guajira
  • Also known as: “Distraccion”, “Distraccion (belediye)”, “Distracción (belediye)”, “Distracción (Colombia)”, “Distraccion belediyesi”, “Distracción belediyesi”, “Distraccion Colombia”, “Distracción Colombia”, and “Distracción, La Guajira”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fonseca.

Town
Photo: HalvisC, CC BY 3.0.
is a municipality located in the Department of . is situated 6 km east of Distracción.

Distracción

Latitude
10.89937° or 10° 53′ 58″ north
Longitude
-72.88757° or 72° 53′ 15″ west
Population
13,000
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
7729V4X6+PX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703170189
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3685200
Wiki­data ID
Q1525662
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Distracción” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Distracción”
  • Cebuano: “Distracción”
  • Chinese: “迪斯特拉克西翁”
  • Dutch: “Distracción”
  • French: “Distracción”
  • Galician: “Distracción, La Guajira”
  • Galician: “Distracción”
  • Georgian: “დისტრასიონი”
  • German: “Distracción”
  • Irish: “Distracción”
  • Italian: “Distracción”
  • Japanese: “ディストラクシオン”
  • Malay: “Distracción, La Guajira”
  • Malay: “Distracción”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Distracción”
  • Persian: “دیستراکسیون (لا گواخیرا)”
  • Persian: “دیستراکسیون”
  • Polish: “Distracción”
  • Portuguese: “Distracción”
  • Russian: “Дистраксьон”
  • Spanish: “Distracción”
  • Swedish: “Distracción”
  • Tagalog: “Distracción, La Guajira”
  • Tagalog: “Distracción”
  • Turkish: “Distracción”
  • Urdu: “دستراکسیون، لا گواخیرا”
  • Vietnamese: “Distracción”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Distracción, La Guajira”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Distracción”
  • “Distracción”

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Highlights: Parque and Cementerio de Distracción.

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