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Purui Destination Guide

Touring Purui in Colombia

Purui in the region of La Guajira is located in Colombia - some 559 mi or ( 900 km ) North of Bogotá , the country's capital city .

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Time in Purui is now 09:21 PM (Monday) . The local timezone is named " America/Bogota " with a UTC offset of -5 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Oranjestad, Valencia, Urumaco, Sinamaica, and Punto Fijo. Being here already, consider visiting Oranjestad . Check out our recommendations for Purui ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

La Guajira Desert

La Guajira Desert is located in the northernmost part of Colombia, 610 km north of Bogota, in the La Guajira Department, covering most of La Guajira Peninsula including Venezuelan territory. The area holds immense coal reserves, exploited in a zone known as El Cerrejon. The area is also home to the indigenous Wayuu people. The Wayuu are mostly herders. They also are master deep sea divers. They dive to collect pearls. and There is also a variety of desert flora and fauna.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 12.07 -71.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 28 km away
Tags: Deserts of Colombia, Deserts of Venezuela, La Guajira Department

Punta Gallinas

Punta Gallinas (Cape Gallinas, "Cape Chicken") is a headland in northern Colombia and the Northernmost point on the mainland of South America and one of the Extreme points of South America.

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Located at 12.46 -71.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Caribbean region of Colombia, Geography of La Guajira Department, Headlands of Colombia

Extreme points of South America

This is a list of the extreme points of South America, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location on the continent. The continent's southernmost point is incorrectly often said to be Cape Horn, but Águila Islet of the Diego Ramirez Islands is actually the southernmost point.

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Located at 12.46 -71.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 29 km away
Tags: Extreme points of Earth, Geography of South America