Pueblo Bello (Pretty Village), is a village and municipality in the northern region of the

Department of Cesar Cesar Department (), or simply Cesar, () is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Depar ...

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. It is located in the mountains of the

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and is home to

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pertaining to the Arhuaco ethnicity, whom consider Pueblo Bello a sanctuary but by the name of ''Arumake'' in their language. Pueblo Bello is the main producer of

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in the Caribbean Region of Colombia.

Geography

Pueblo Bello is the only municipality that is completely within the

mountains. The municipality borders to the north with the

Department of Magdalena Magdalena () is a department of Colombia, located in the north of the country by the Caribbean Sea, with more than 1.3 million people. The capital of the Magdalena Department is Santa Marta and was named after the Magdalena River. The depart ...

; to the east and south with 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 ...

and to the southwest with the municipality of

El Copey El Copey is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar, in the northeast of Colombia. It is 105 km away from the capital of the department, Valledupar Valledupar () is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is th ...

. The municipality of Pueblo Bello is also part a Forest Reserve, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Park and the indigenous reserve. The municipality is crossed by two rivers; the

Ariguaní River Ariguaní River () is a river in northern Colombia's Caribbean Region born in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range in the area of the municipality of Pueblo Bello. The Ariguaní is an affluent of the Cesar River and flows from north ...

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Climate

Pueblo Bello presents an average temperature throughout the year between 16°C and 22°C predominantly characterized by mountain climate.

History

The region was first inhabited by the Arhuaco and Chimila Maconganas. Upon the arrival of the Spanish, during the

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, the first European explorers to arrive were men under the orders of Lope de Orozco and had named it ''Valle de Taironaca'' (Valley of Taironaca). The village was founded by Captain Antonio Florez in c. 1590 with the name ''Dulce Nombre de Jesus'' but due to constant attacks from the Chimilas the town was moved nearer to Valledupar. The old village was named; Pueblo Viejo (named changed to Pueblo Bello in the 20th Century) and the new town; Nueva Valencia. Pueblo Bello was a corregimiento of Valledupar until 1997 when it was elevated to municipality by Ordinance 037 of December 10, 1997; later Decree 000239 of May 6, 1998 the Ordinance was recognized and enforced.

Culture

Pueblo Bello celebrates the '' Festival del Café y la Mochila Arhuaca'' and the "Regional Olympics ". On July 16 of each year the town celebrates the

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tradition of the Virgin of El Carmen.

Notes

References

External links

Pueblo Bello official website

Government of Cesar - Pueblo Bello
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