Villanueva, Colombia
Villanueva, Colombia
Villanueva, Colombia shares 9 connections with 219 other places across 6 topics, spanning nature, history, music, and conflict. Positioned in the Cesar River valley between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá, it has strong ties to neighboring places including Valledupar and Cesar Department. Its pre-Spanish settlement, called Timiriguaco, was a Chimila community led by cacique Canopan. The town is known in Colombia as the cradle of many vallenato singers and composers, linking it to a music tradition shared across the region.
Cesar River
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Valledupar, Colombia | La Guajira Department | Cesar Department | Magdalena Department | Agustín Codazzi, Colombia
Chimila people
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Cúcuta, Colombia | Cesar Department | Ciénaga, Colombia | Atanquez, Colombia | Fonseca, Colombia
Serranía del Perijá
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Valledupar, Colombia | La Guajira Department | Cesar Department | Agustín Codazzi, Colombia | Becerril, Colombia
Valledupar
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Caribbean region of Colombia | Sincelejo, Colombia | Cesar Department | Riohacha, Colombia | Agustín Codazzi, Colombia
vallenato
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Israel | Nevada | Colombia | Venezuela | Panama
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: Nevada | Colombia | Fundación, Colombia | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Santa Marta, Colombia
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
Connects Villanueva, Colombia to: United States | Canada | Spain | Mexico | New Zealand