Patillal is a village and

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in the municipality of

Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department. Its name, ''Valle de Upar'' (Valley of Upar), was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; ''Cacique Upar''. The ...

within the

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n Department of

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. The town lies on the steps of the

Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta The Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (English: ''Snow-Covered Mountain Range of Saint Martha'') is an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, separate from the Andes range that runs through the north of the country. Reaching an elevation of ...

with a semi-arid terrain.

Geography

The corregimiento of Patillal borders to the north with the

Guajira Department La Guajira () is a departments of Colombia, 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 ca ...

, to the west with the corregimiento of

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, to the southwest with the corregimiento of

Los Haticos Los Haticos is a village and corregimiento in the municipality of Valledupar within the Colombian Departments of Colombia, Department of Cesar Department, Cesar. The town lies on the steps of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the Colombian Carib ...

, to the south with the corregimiento of Rio Seco and La Vega Arriba and to the east with the corregimiento of Badillo.

History

The region of what is now Patillal was a

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owned by María Antonia de las Nieves de Maestre and set as corregimiento before 1960.

Culture

The village is mostly known for its

vallenato Vallenato () is a popular folk music genre from Colombia. It primarily comes from its Caribbean region. ''Vallenato'' literally means "born in the valley". The valley influencing this name is located between the ''Sierra Nevada de Santa Mar ...

musical traditions and for being the cradle to many musicians of this genre, such as

Rafael Escalona Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez (May 26, 1926 – May 13, 2009) was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the genre and for being the co-founder of the ...

. The village celebrates the

music Festival of the Land of Composers () and the traditional Roman Catholic mass of venerating the Virgin of Las Mercedes every September 24 of each year.

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*Guaymaro *La Firma *Villa Rueda

References

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