La Guajira Desert
The La Guajira Desert is a desert located in northern Colombia and Venezuela, approximately 1,100 km north of Bogotá, covering most of the La Guajira Peninsula at the northernmost tip of South America.
- Desert
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 metres (520 feet)
- Description: desert in Colombia and Venezuela
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
12.07155° or 12° 4′ 18″ north
Longitude
-71.5979° or 71° 35′ 52″ west
Open location code
774C3CC2+JR
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“La Guajira Desert” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “صحراء اغواخيرا”
- Azerbaijani: “Quaxira”
- Cebuano: “La Guajira Desert”
- Chinese: “瓜希拉沙漠”
- Dutch: “La Guajira-woestijn”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صحرا اجواخيرا”
- French: “Désert de La Guajira”
- Georgian: “გუახირის უდაბნო”
- Hungarian: “La Guajira-sivatag”
- Italian: “Deserto di La Guajira”
- Korean: “라과히라 사막”
- Lithuanian: “La Gvachiros dykuma”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “La Guajira-ørkenen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Guajira-ørkenen”
- Norwegian: “La Guajira-ørkenen”
- Persian: “بیابان لاگوآخیرا”
- Russian: “Гуахира (пустыня)”
- Russian: “Гуахира”
- Scottish Gaelic: “La Guajira”
- Serbian: “Гвахира”
- Serbian: “Пустиња Ла Гвахира”
- Spanish: “Desierto de La Guajira”
- Swedish: “Guajiraöknen”
- Swedish: “La Guajira Desert”
- Ukrainian: “Гвахіра (пустеля)”
- Ukrainian: “Гвахіра”
- Urdu: “صحرائے گواخیرا”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Mantahu and Kepéchirou.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cerro Kashimesa and Cerro Muramakana.
La Guajira: Highlights
Learn more about Riohacha and Maicao.
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