Ovejas is a town and municipality located in the

Sucre Department Sucre () is a department in the Caribbean Region of Colombia. The department ranks 27th by area, and it has a population of 904,863, ranking 20th of all the 32 departments of Colombia. Sucre is bordered by the Caribbean on the northwest; by Bo ...

, northern

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

where the traditional Cumbia (also called Gaita) festival "Francisco Llirene" takes place in October.Information on the Francisco Llirene Festival
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References

Gobernacion de Sucre - Ovejas

Ovejas official website
Municipalities of Sucre Department, Sucre {{Sucre-geo-stub