Gaira Schist

Gaira is a small

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on the

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coast of

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. Near the port of

Santa Marta Santa Marta (), officially the Distrito Turístico, Cultural e Histórico de Santa Marta (), is a port List of cities in Colombia, city on the coast of the Caribbean Sea in northern Colombia. It is the capital of Magdalena Department and the fou ...

, it is also well known for El Rodadero, one of the most popular

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es in Colombia. ''Gaira'' is located 7km from

city center, 10km from Simón Bolívar International Airport which serves Santa Marta and the surrounding areas and is roughly 950km north of the country's capital

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. The town is considered a suburb of

and it's population is part of the overall population of

although it is technically a different locality. The town is served by the Ruta Nacional 90 which runs along the Caribbean Coast from the town of

Turbo, Colombia Turbo is a port city in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region, it is located on the coast of Gulf of Urabá, 340 km north of Medellín (the department capital and second largest city). This port city is the ...

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all the way to the border with

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east of

Maicao Maicao ( Wayuu: ) is a city and municipality in the Department of La Guajira, northern Republic of Colombia. It is located 76 km from Riohacha, the capital of the department and is the second largest urban center near the border with Venezue ...

La Guajira Department La Guajira () is a department of Colombia. It occupies most of the Guajira Peninsula in the northeast region of the country, on the Caribbean Sea and bordering Venezuela, at the northernmost tip of South America. The capital city of the depart ...

approximately 272km northeast of ''Gaira''. Populated places in the Magdalena Department {{Magdalena-geo-stub