Ovejas

Ovejas
Municipality and town
The church of San Francisco de Asís
Flag Seal
Location of the municipality and town of Ovejas in the Sucre Department of Colombia
Country	Colombia
Department	Sucre Department
Area
•  Municipality and town	447 km2 (173 sq mi)
Elevation	254 m (833 ft)
Population  (2015)
•  Municipality and town	21,091
• Density	47.2/km2 (122/sq mi)
•  Urban	11,947
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)

Ovejas is a town and municipality located in the Sucre Department, northern Colombia where the traditional Cumbia (also called Gaita) festival "Francisco Llirene" takes place in October. ^[1]

Notable people

• Graciela Arango de Tobón, songwriter (1931–2000). ^[2]
• Nacho Paredes, singer and songwriter (1935–2018) ^[3]

References

1. Information on the Francisco Llirene Festival
2. "Graciela Arango de Tobón: 90 años de su natalicio" [90 years since her birth], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 2021-03-07, retrieved 2025-04-09
3. "Un lustro sin Nacho Paredes, el Cumbiambero de América" [Five years without Nacho Paredes, the Cumbiambero de América], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 2023-08-13, retrieved 2025-10-18

External links

• (in Spanish) Gobernacion de Sucre - Ovejas
• (in Spanish) Ovejas official website

9°30′N75°10′W / 9.500°N 75.167°W / 9.500; -75.167