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VALLEDUPAR

Valledupar is well-known internationally like the City of the Holy Kings and World-wide Capital of the Whale calf. It is a full young city of energy and desire of progress.

84% of the population are in the urban area of the municipality and the territorial densidad is of 68.4 inhabitants by square kilometer (10.93 Rural - 66.80 urban).

The Territory of the municipality of Valledupar is watered by the rivers Cesar, Badillo, Guatapurí, Ariguaní, Cesarito, Dry River, Diluvio and Mariangola. The Valley of the Cesar River most of covers the surface with the municipality. The Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta constitutes the more important mountainous System.

WHERE IS THE CITY LOCATED?
Valledupar is the capital of the department of Cesar - Colombia. It is located in spurs of the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta to the margin of the Guatapurí river. In Colombia and South America.

WHICH ARE THE MAIN TOURISTIC PLACES?

·         Who arrives at VALLEDUPAR must visit places like:

·         The Church of the Conception

·         The Convent of Santo Domingo

·         The Cathedral

·         The Place Alfonso Lopez With its Platform Francisco the Man and his Colonial architectonic frame.

·         The Alleys of the Purrututú, the Mahoma and the one of Pedro Antonio

·         The Stony one

·         The Park the Vallenata

·         The Badillo River

THE RIVER GUATAPURÍ

Main the Guatapurí River tourist site of Valledupar with its Stolen Spa, is considered like most beautiful of Colombia by its crystalline and majestic waters that they attract his visitors to enjoy his ebullient tropical vegetation; their exotic and contouring rocks frame the embrujantes and charmers landscapes contributors to believe mysterious legend that inspires to their native ones to compose the most enthusiastic melodies of our folclor.

In addition the necessity is unquestionable to visit the City during the celebration of the Festival of the Vallenata Legend.

IS THERE SOME TYPICAL FOOD?

In Valledupar there isn’t one plate tipical defined, therefore Is more difficult to define the tipical food in valledupar nevertheless we can to define The kitchen costeña.  His   owns delicious plates based on the fruits of the sea, although also it counts on excellent originating meats of savannahs of Bolivar. The most popular meals in the Caribbean region are, among others, the rice with the Coco in Cartagena, patacón, yam, the clean bun, that is a dough of pounded maize and cheese; the yucca, auyama, the sesame, the meat of I inform in Cesar and the Guajira and the rice with seafood. Very known also he is mote of cheese, preparation with bare yam and mincemeat, Creole cheese and serum.

In the peninsula of the Guajira a great variety of meats is used, some of quite exotic them with respect to other regions of the country: chiguiro, morrocoyo, guatinaja, turtle, armadillo and iguana, to mention only some of them.

WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE?

The weather in Valledupar is very pleasant, although sometimes is very warm

WHERE DO YOU USE TO GO?

I like use to go a the guatapuri river for it is the place beatifulest of the city.  Here we see a picture of this place.

DESCRIBE WIDELY THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES OF THE CITY

SITES OF INTEREST

Several sites of recreational interest in Valledupar exist. In the Stolen spa, the history of the Guatapurí river and the legend surrounds that it, with a place of traditional relaxation of many generations are mixed. The spa by where it passes the river has constituted in a tourist place of great importance. In the noroccidente also is “the Corner”, another special place where the Guatapurí river forms attractive beaches that serve as place of encounter for the tourists. The Park of the Vallenata is another center of diversion. One is located the entrance to Valledupar, by the route communicates that it with Barranquilla or Bucaramanga.

Another one of attractive the tourist ones is the monuments that adorn the different avenues from the city. Such as: The Obelisk, the Upar Cacique, Sculpture of Hernando de Santana, Tribute to the Folclor Whale calf, Escultrua of the fight roosters, the Maria Mulata, the piece of Accordion, the Poporos, the revolution in Mercha, Tribute to the Traveller and the Stolen of Siren.