Serranía de Macuira is a mountain range in northern

Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

located in the

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Uribia Uribia is a small city and municipality of the La Guajira department of Colombia. It is the youngest municipality of this Department since the year 2000. Northern Zone of the Cerrejón coal mines are located in this municipality. The municipality ...

La Guajira 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 ...

. The Serrania de Macuira stands in the middle of the La Guajira Desert at isolated from 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 ...

and the

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of the Colombian

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. The range is a protected area;

National Natural Park Macuira National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

. The Serranía de Macuira measures around in length and is circa wide, at approximately from the

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. The range is composed of three mountain massifs that are interconnected; the highest being Cerro Paluou (), Cerro de Jibome () covering a total area of . The area is home to numerous species of fauna and flora and due to its relatively high humidity caused by the

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s and its proximity to the Caribbean sea it presents a forest of dwarf trees and

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s.National Natural Parks of Colombia
The frog ''

Allobates wayuu ''Allobates wayuu'' is a species of frog in the family Aromobatidae. It is endemic to the Serranía de Macuira in La Guajira Department, Colombia, and is only known from its type locality in the Macuira National Natural Park. Etymology The sp ...

'' is only known from the Serranía de Macuira.

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External links

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National Natural Parks of Colombia: Macuira
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