Tolú is a small municipality and town in
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 B ...
, 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 ...
by the
Caribbean sea
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. The municipality has an area of 500 km². It is named for the Tolú, one the
pre-Columbian
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indigenous people
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of the
North Colombia lowlands.
The municipality of Tolú borders North with
San Onofre, East with
Toluviejo, South with
Coveñas,
Palmito and
Sincelejo
Sincelejo () is the capital and largest city of the Colombian department of Sucre. It is also the main city in the denominated '' Región Sabanas'' (Savannas Region), a subdivision of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, and the 23rd largest ci ...
.
Notable people
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Héctor Rojas Herazo
Héctor Rojas Herazo (August 12, 1920 – April 11, 2002) was a Colombian novelist, poet, journalist and painter.
Rojas was born in Tolú as son of Juan Emiro Rojas and Blance Berta Herazo. He was baptized on October 6, 1921. He started artistic ...
(1920–2002), novelist, poet and painter
See also
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Toluene
Toluene (), also known as toluol (), is a substituted aromatic hydrocarbon. It is a colorless, water-insoluble liquid with the smell associated with paint thinners. It is a mono-substituted benzene derivative, consisting of a methyl group (CH3) ...
References
External links
Gobernacion de Sucre - TolúToluCaribe.com - Recreación, Historia y Cultura de Tolú.
Port cities in the Caribbean
Municipalities of Sucre Department
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