City · Colombia
Barrancas
Barrancas is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of La Guajira. The municipality of Barrancas is located to the west of the Ranchería River in a valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountains. Barrancas has a total area of 742 km2 and an elevation of 40 meters above sea level. The average temperature is 28 °C throughout the year. It became a municipality in 1892.
Good to know
- Population: 38,232.
- Founded: 1872.
- Area: 1060 sq km.
- Timezone: America/Bogota.