Galeras is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia.[2] The main economic activities are agriculture and cattle raising. Galeras is 50 km away from the department's capital, Sincelejo.

Galeras, Sucre
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Galeras, Sucre in the Sucre Department of Colombia.
Country	Colombia
Department	Sucre Department
Government
• Major	Francisco Ramirez Mejía
Area
• Total	326.1 km2 (125.9 sq mi)
Elevation	80 m (260 ft)
Population  (Census 2018[1])
• Total	20,239
• Density	62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website	www.galeras-sucre.gov.co

Geography

Political division

Galera is a municipality formed by five "corregimientos": Puerto Franco, Baraya, San Andrés de Palomo, San José de Rivera, Pueblo Nuevo Junín., and seventeen "veredas":Pueblo Nuevo II, Surban, Abre el Ojo, Mata de Guasimo, Palmital, Bleo, San Pelayo, Los Leones, El Jacinto, La Corocera, San Luís, El Pantanito, El Guamo, Los Abetos, Caña Seca, Mancomojan, Campo Ameno.

Culture

Every year in the year's first week its people enjoy the town's main party: El festival de la algarroba (The festival of algarroba). The Algarroba (Hymenaea courbaril (Caesalpinaceae)) is a tree that grows easily in Galeras.

References

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

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[ru] Галерас (Колумбия)