El Copey | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of El Copey in the Department of Cesar. | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Region | Caribbean |
| Department | Cesar |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pablo Ordoñez (Colombian Liberal Party) [1] |
| Population (Census 2018 [2] ) | |
| • Total | 28,550 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 |
| Website | elcopey-cesar.gov.co/ |
El Copey is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar, in the northeast of Colombia. It is 105 km away from the Capitol of the department, Valledupar.
Cesar Department or simply Cesar is a department of Colombia located in the north of the country in the Caribbean region, bordering to the north with the Department of La Guajira, to the west with the Department of Magdalena and Department of Bolivar, to the south with Department of Santander, to the west with the Department of North Santander, and to the east with the country of Venezuela. The department capital city is Valledupar.
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Copey may refer to:
The Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault or Bucaramanga-Santa Marta Fault System is a major oblique transpressional sinistral strike-slip fault in the departments of Magdalena, Cesar, Norte de Santander and Santander in northern Colombia. The fault system is composed of two main outcropping segments, named Santa Marta and Bucaramanga Faults, and an intermediate Algarrobo Fault segment in the subsurface. The system has a total length of 674 kilometres (419 mi) and runs along an average north-northwest to south-southeast strike of 341 ± 23 from the Caribbean coast west of Santa Marta to the northern area of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes.
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Coordinates: 10°09′N73°58′W / 10.150°N 73.967°W
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