Patillal
Patillal | |
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![]() Location of the municipality of Patillal (red) in the municipality of Valledupar. | |
Country | Colombia |
Department | Cesar |
Municipality | Valledupar |
Founded | [[]] |
Government | |
• Type | Corregimiento |
Time zone | UTC-5 |
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Patillal is a village and corregimiento in the municipality of Valledupar within the Colombian Department of Cesar. The town lies on the steps of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta with a semiarid terrain.
Geography[]
The corregimiento of Patillal borders to the north with the Guajira Department, to the west with the corregimiento of , to the southwest with the corregimiento of Los Haticos, to the south with the corregimiento of and and to the east with the corregimiento of Badillo[citation needed].
History[]
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The region of what is now Patillal was a cattle herd owned by María Antonia de las Nieves de Maestre and set as corregimiento before 1960.[1]
Culture[]
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The village is mostly known for its vallenato musical traditions and for being the cradle to many of this genre musicians such as Rafael Escalona[citation needed]. The village celebrates the vallenato music (Spanish: Festival Tierra de Compositores) and the traditional Roman Catholic mass of venerating the Virgin of Las Mercedes every September 24 of each year.[2]
Veredas[]
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- Guaymaro[citation needed]
- La Firma[citation needed]
- Villa Rueda[citation needed]
References[]
- Caribbean Region (Colombia) geography stubs
- Corregimientos of Valledupar
- Corregimientos of Colombia