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.
Valledupar is a city and municipality in northeastern Colombia. It is the capital of Cesar Department. Its name, Valle de Upar, was established in honor of the Amerindian cacique who ruled the valley; Cacique Upar. The city lies between the mountains of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá to the borders of the Guatapurí and Cesar rivers.
Clemente Soto Vélez was a Puerto Rican nationalist, poet, journalist and activist who mentored many generations of artists in Puerto Rico and New York City. Upon his death in 1993, he left a rich legacy that contributed to the cultural, social and economic life of Puerto Ricans in New York and Latinos everywhere.
Requena is a municipality in eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, located on the left bank of the river Magro.
El Paso is a municipality in the Cesar Department of Colombia. El Paso is mostly known for having the second largest coal mine in Colombia, located in the corregimiento of La Loma.
Consuelo Araújo Noguera, also known as "La Cacica", was a Colombian politician, writer and self-taught journalist,. Her nickname was given by a fellow journalist colleague for her tenacity and determination to achieve goals and leadership.
Pueblo Bello, is a village and municipality in the northern region of the Department of Cesar, Colombia. It is located in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and is home to Amerindians pertaining to the Arhuaco ethnicity, whom consider Pueblo Bello a sanctuary but by the name of Arumake in their language. Pueblo Bello is the main producer of coffee in the Caribbean Region of Colombia.
Hernando César Molina Araújo is a Colombian politician. Son of Hernando Molina Céspedes and Consuelo Araújo, he studied at the Colegio Nacional Loperena in Valledupar and later studied Law in the Antonio Nariño University, but dropped out. He declares himself a self-taught man. Molina was governor of the Colombian Department of Cesar for the period 2004–2007, a term which he did not complete due to his involvement in the Parapolitica scandal. he was called to testify on May 17, 2007 at the Office of the Attorney General of Colombia.
Becerril or Becerril de Campos is a town and municipality of the Colombian Department of Cesar.
The Fundacion Colegio Bilingue de Valledupar (FCBV) or Bilingual School of Valledupar is a bilingual school located in the Colombian northern city of Valledupar, Cesar founded in 1979 as a foundation. The School offers an academic program that includes nursery, middle school and high school in both Spanish and English. The Bilingual School of Valledupar is the only school in the city operating in a Calendar B schedule of classes and it was considered by the ICFES as one of the best schools in Colombia as of 2008. In 2011.
The 1st Division is a Colombian National Army division consisting on two brigades; The 2nd Brigade based in the city of Barranquilla and the 10th Armored Brigade based in the city of Valledupar. Its current commander is general Juan Bautista Yepez Bedoya, an infantry officer.
Alfonso López Pumarejo Airport serves as air terminal for the city of Valledupar, Colombia and as a small Colombian Air Force and Colombian Police air base. The airport is operated by Aerocivil and three commercial airlines serve the airport: LAN Colombia, EasyFly and Avianca.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of El Banco is a diocese located in the town of El Banco in the ecclesiastical province of Barranquilla in Colombia.
Valencia de Jesús is a Colombian town and corregimiento of Valledupar in the Department of Cesar. The village is known for preserving one of the oldest churches in the Americas.
Soto de Viñuelas, also known as Mount Viñuelas, is a meadow-oak forest north of the city of Madrid, south of Tres Cantos and San Agustín del Guadalix, east of the Monte de El Pardo and west of San Sebastián de los Reyes, all municipalities are parts of the Community of Madrid, Spain. Much of it is a fenced property of 3,000 hectares, which includes important ecological values, landscape and art. It belongs to the municipality of Madrid, although it contains small areas to the north, corresponding to Tres Cantos, including a development of the same name. Other developments nearby are Ciudalcampo and Fuente del Fresno, situated on its western boundary. King's College, the British School of Madrid, is also located in the development of Soto de Viñuelas, abutting the Regional Park. In 1985 Soto de Viñuelas was turned into the Regional Park of the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares, the largest protected natural area in the region. It has been classified as Area B, a legal instrument that allows agricultural land use. Soto de Viñuelas also received the status of Special Protection Area for Birds. It is accessed from the M-607 Freeway, exit 20. Soto de Viñuelas and Tres Cantos are both listed on the exit sign.
The 2015 South American Under-15 Football Championship was the 7th edition of the South American Under-15 Football Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the CONMEBOL for the men's under-15 national teams of South America. The tournament was held in the cities of Montería and Valledupar, Colombia between 21 November and 6 December 2015.
Bajo las riendas del amor, is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ignacio Sada for Televisa in association with Fonovideo Productions. It is a remake of the Mexican telenovela Cuando llega el amor produced in 1989. The series stars Adriana Fonseca as Montserrat and Gabriel Soto as Juan José.
Xavier Cañellas is a Spanish professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental team Caja Rural–Seguros RGA. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Morena Son are a Cuban son septeto from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. They have toured South America and Europe.
