Higueronal
Higueronal is a locality in Barrancas, La Guajira. Higueronal is situated nearby to the locality El Palmar, as well as near the hamlet Caserío Chancleta.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cerrejón.
Cerrejón
Quarry
Photo: Hour.poing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia owned by Glencore. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. Cerrejón is situated 3 km southwest of Higueronal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hatonuevo.
Hatonuevo
Town
Hatonuevo, Spanish for New Herd, Is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of La Guajira. A municipality of the La Guajira Department since 1994, it has a population of approximately 17,014 inhabitants, the majority of which being workers of El Cerrejon coal mine. Hatonuevo is situated 10 km west of Higueronal.
Higueronal
- Type: Locality
- Location: Barrancas, La Guajira, Costa Norte, Colombia, South America
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Latitude
11.07215° or 11° 4′ 20″ northLongitude
-72.67209° or 72° 40′ 20″ westElevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
773938CH+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 703379911OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
3756596
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