El Molino, La Guajira

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map_caption = Location of the town and municipality of El Molino in the Department of La Guajira.
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subdivision_type1 = Region
subdivision_type2 = Department
subdivision_name = Colombia
subdivision_name1 = Caribbean
subdivision_name2 = La Guajira
leader_title = Mayor
leader_name = Luis Alfredo Escobar Rodriguez (Movimiento Apertura Liberal) [ [http://www.registraduria.gov.co/reselec2007_esc/1028/x.html es icon Colombian Registry of the Civil State: 2007 election results] ]
established_title = Foundation
established_date = 1595
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[http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/ elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/]
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El Molino ( _en. The Mill) is a town and municipality located in the Colombian Department of La Guajira.

The town is known for having the colonial church Ermita de San Lucas, considered a National Monument of Colombia. [ [http://es.catholic.net/turismoreligioso/762/2013/articulo.php?id=23181 es icon Catholic.net: Ermita de San Lucas en El Molino-Guajira (Colombia)] ] The town also celebrates the "Festival del Cantante" (Spanish for Festival of the Singer). It became a municipality in 1989. [ [http://www.laguajira.gov.co/municipios/elmolino.htm es icon Government of La Guajira: El Molino] ]

Geography

The municipality is within the Valley formed by the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía del Perijá mountains and the Cesar River. The municipality is located on the mountain steps of the Serranía del Perijá covering a total area of 190 km² and at 240 meters over sea level. [ [http://www.laguajira.gov.co/municipios/elmolino.htm es icon Government of La Guajira: Geography of El Molino] ]

The municipality of El Molino is located in the southern part of the Department of La Guajira limiting to the west and north with the municipalilty of San Juan del Cesar; to the south with the municipality of Villanueva and to east with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. [ [http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m es icon El Molino: Geography] ]

The El Molino River is the main source of water for the municipality, flowing down from the Serrania del Perija mountain range and into the Cesar River. [ [http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m es icon El Molino: Geography] ]

Climate

The average temperature through out the year is 28°C with two rainy season and two dry seasons. [ [http://www.laguajira.gov.co/municipios/elmolino.htm es icon Government of La Guajira: Geography of El Molino] ] Climate varies depending on altitude from steppe to mountainous, ranging between 16°C and 34°C presenting warm, temperate and cold weather. [ [http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m es icon El Molino: Climate] ]

History

The village of El Molino was founded in 1595 as Villa del Rosario by the Spanish colonizer Pedro Beltrán Valdés and became part of the Government of Santa Marta. The name was changed later to "Población de San Lucas de El Molino" and Later to simply El Molino.

The first inhabtants in the region, prior to the Spanish colonization of the Americas were indigenous peoples pertaining to the Cariachiles ethnic group. Capichin friars named the village "Población de San Lucas de El Molino" because of a Wheat Mill (grinding) which was later demolished. Besides Spanish families, El Molino also received colonizers from Portugal, France and Germany to a lesser scale. [ [http://es.catholic.net/turismoreligioso/762/2013/articulo.php?id=23181 es icon Catholic.net: Ermita de San Lucas en El Molino-Guajira (Colombia)] ]

El Molino became a corregimiento of the municipality of Villanueva and subsequently became a municipality in 1989. El Molino was officially formed by Ordinance 039 of 2001 segregated from the municipality of San Juan del Cesar after a popular referendum. [ [http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=m-I1--&m=f&s=m es icon El Molino: History] ]

References

External links

*es icon [http://elmolino-laguajira.gov.co/ El Molino official website]
*es icon [http://www.laguajira.gov.co/municipios/elmolino.htm Gobernacion de La Guajira - El Molino]
*es icon [http://es.catholic.net/turismoreligioso/762/2013/articulo.php?id=23181 Catholic.net - Ermita de San Lucas en El Molino-Guajira (Colombia)]
*es icon [http://www.lablaa.org/blaavirtual/ayudadetareas/geografia/geo75.htm Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango - El Molino]