Valledupar

Valledupar
Municipality and city
From above and from left to right: Aerial panoramic view, Monument to the Revolution in March, Calle 15 in the Historic Center, Statue of Cacique Upar and the Guatapuri River
Flag of Valledupar
Official seal of Valledupar
Nickname: 
Ciudad de los Santos Reyes de Valledupar (City of the Holy Kings of Valledupar)
Location in the Department of Cesar. Municipality (dark gray), City (red).
Location in the Department of Cesar. Municipality (dark gray), City (red).
Valledupar is located in Colombia
Valledupar
Valledupar
Location within Colombia
Coordinates: 10°29′N 73°15′W / 10.483°N 73.250°W / 10.483; -73.250
CountryColombia
RegionCaribbean
DepartmentCesar
FoundationJanuary 6, 1550
Government
 • MayorErnesto Miguel Orozco Durán" (2024–2028) (partido Conservador)
Area
 • Municipality and city4,977.66 km2 (1,921.89 sq mi)
 • Urban
47.53 km2 (18.35 sq mi)
Elevation
168 m (551 ft)
Population
 (2018 census)[1]
 • Municipality and city490,075
 • Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
 • Urban
431,794
 • Urban density9,100/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
DemonymVallenato
Time zoneUTC-05 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code
200001-200005
Area code57 + 5
ClimateAw
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

Valledupar (Spanish pronunciation: [baʝeðuˈpaɾ]) 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 city lies between the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá to the borders of the Guatapurí and Cesar rivers.[2]

Valledupar is an important agricultural, cattle raising, coal mining and agro-industrial center for the region between the Departments of Cesar and southern municipalities of La Guajira Department, formerly known as the Padilla Province. Valledupar is notable as the cradle of vallenato music, representative of the Colombian culture. The city hosts the Vallenato Legend Festival.

During the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, the city suffered during the Colombian Armed Conflict, with numerous kidnappings,[3] thousands of people forced out[4] and failure to control crime.

Valledupar has one of Colombia's most modern maximum security prisons.[5]

  1. ^ "INFORMACIÓN CAPITAL" (PDF) (in Spanish). Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE). Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  2. ^ Alcaldia Valledupar: Historia de Valledupar (in Spanish) valledupar.gov.co Accessed 8 October 2006.
  3. ^ "From Colombia's Upper Class, Rebel and His Foil Diverged", New York Times(in Spanish) Accessed 8 October 2006.
  4. ^ "Viviendas para desplazados de Valledupar", Presidencia de Colombia (in Spanish), Accessed 8 October 2006.
  5. ^ INPEC: Instituto Nacional Penitenciario; listado de Carceles (in Spanish) inpec.gov.co Accessed 8 October 2006.

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