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    The Caribbean region is characterized by its warm climate and beaches. It contains the highest coastal mountains in the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The region has 4 departments: San Andres, La Guajira, Atlantico, and Magdalena. Music is very important to the region, with genres like porro, vallenato, and cumbia reflecting African, indigenous, and Spanish influences. The region is also home to indigenous tribes like the Wayuu in La Guajira and Kogui, Arhuaco, and Wiwa in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Typical foods include arepa, fried fish, and coconut rice.

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    The Caribbean region is characterized by its warm climate and beaches. It contains the highest coastal mountains in the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The region has 4 departments: San Andres, La Guajira, Atlantico, and Magdalena. Music is very important to the region, with genres like porro, vallenato, and cumbia reflecting African, indigenous, and Spanish influences. The region is also home to indigenous tribes like the Wayuu in La Guajira and Kogui, Arhuaco, and Wiwa in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Typical foods include arepa, fried fish, and coconut rice.

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    The Caribbean region is characterized by its warm climate and beaches. It contains the highest coastal mountains in the world, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The region has 4 departments: San Andres, La Guajira, Atlantico, and Magdalena. Music is very important to the region, with genres like porro, vallenato, and cumbia reflecting African, indigenous, and Spanish influences. The region is also home to indigenous tribes like the Wayuu in La Guajira and Kogui, Arhuaco, and Wiwa in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Typical foods include arepa, fried fish, and coconut rice.

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    THE CARIBBEAN

    REGION
    THE CARIBBEAN REGION
    Caribbean Region is characterized by its warm
    climate and its spectacular beaches. It is mostly
    made up of flat land, but it also houses the
    highest mountainous mountainous formation in
    the world: the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. On
    its coasts is the Sanctuary of Big Swamp of
    Santa Marta, composed of mangroves of forest,
    rivers, pipes and marsh. This area is of great
    importance for the refuge of migratory birds
    coming from North America.
    4 DEPARTMENTS OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION

    SAN ANDRES ATLANTICO

    GUAJIRA MAGDALENA
    SAN ANDRES
    San Andres Islands is well known as its
    name designed by its beautiful islands that
    it has.
    are part of the archipelago of san Andres,
    province and Santa Catalina.
    The island of San Andrés (Colombia) is
    located in the Caribbean Sea, 190
    kilometers east of Nicaragua. It is well
    known for its islands and for the flora and
    fauna that the department of San Andres.
    LA GUAJIRA
    The Department of Guajira in Colombia, is one of
    the most beautiful and exotic, its sources of higher
    income are mining, salt exploitation and lately, its
    tourism sector has advanced in quantity and quality.
    the guajira is also known for its needs to see
    children malnutrition because there is almost no
    water and that is due to its desert.
    ATLANTICO
    is one of the thirty-two departments that,
    together with Bogotá, Capital District, form the
    Republic of Colombia. Its capital is
    Barranquilla. It is located in the Caribbean
    region, bordering to the north with the
    Caribbean Sea (Atlantis Ocean), to the east
    with Magdalena and to the west with Bolivia.
    It communicates artificially with the Pacific
    Ocean through the Panama Canal and with the
    Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal.
    MAGDALENA
    is one of the thirty-two departments that, together with Bogota,
    Capital District, form the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is
    Santa Marta. It is located to the northeast of the country, in the
    Caribbean region, bordering on the north with the Caribbean Sea
    (Atlantic Ocean), to the northeast with La Guajira, to the east
    with Cesar, to the south and west with Bolivar and to the
    northwest with Atlantic.

    It was one of the original nine states that formed the United
    States of Colombia. The department takes the name of the river
    that bathes it by its western side Magdalena. In the north of this
    department is the municipality of Aracataca, famous for being the
    birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel García Márquez
    in 1927; and in Santa Marta, the military leader Simón Bolívar
    died in 1830.
    TRADITIONAL MUSIC FROM THE CARIBBEAN
    REGION
    Music is a very important aspect for this region of
    Colombia. Some of the most important genera are, the
    porro, the Vallenato the Mapale, the cumbia, among
    others. These genera come from predominant black,
    indigenous and Spanish roots. European (Spanish)
    music on arrival was adapted to African-American
    changes. One of the most general characteristics of
    the genres is the "tropical flavor", this is called
    cheerful and colorful music, which pays homage to
    the African American culture.
    INDIGENOUS TRIBES OF THE
    CARIBBEAN REGION
    La región Caribe, que tiene 142.000 kilómetros
    cuadrados, es asiento de importantes pueblos indígenas.
    Allí está la península de La Guajira, una región
    semidesértica en la que vive el pueblo Wayuu, el más
    numeroso de las pueblos indígenas del país. Desde la WAYUU
    costa se levanta el gigantesco macizo montañoso de
    cerca de 17.000 Km2 conocido como la Sierra Nevada KOGUI
    de Santa Marta en la que viven los pueblos Kogui,
    Arhuaco y Wiwa (Malayo), conocidos por su WIWA
    religiosidad, laboriosidad y amor por la tierra.
    TYPICAL MEALS OF THE
    CARIBBEAN

    EGG AREPA FRIED MOJARRA SANCOCHO

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    Fax: michelleramires1613@gmail.com
    COCONUT RICE Autoras: Michelle Dayana Ramírez
    María Elisa Melo - Michelle mera laso
     
    thank you for paying attention to
    this work that teaches us the
    cultures of the Caribbean region

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