Villanueva (appellation)
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| Villanueva | |
|---|---|
| ActiveGrown here in 2000 or later | |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Northern Colombia |
| Growing Area | Baja Guajira |
| Geography | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Province/State | La Guajira Department |
| Coordinates | 10.62, -73.04 |
| Landscape | |
| Area | 95 km² |
| Terrain | The valley floor of the municipality of Villanueva, between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the Serranía del Perijá; approximately the municipality below 200 m |
| Growing history | |
| Conservation | |
| Populations | none documented yet |
Villanueva is a cannabis appellation in the Baja Guajira growing area, covering the part of the municipality of Villanueva on the valley floor, in the department of La Guajira, Colombia.
Geography
The appellation is the municipality's land below 200 m, on the valley floor west of the Serranía del Perijá. The town of Villanueva stands above 200 m, in the Serranía del Perijá growing area, and so does the rest of the municipality. The appellation adjoins the San Juan del Cesar and Urumita appellations.
History
In their social history of the Colombian mafia, Darío Betancourt and Martha Luz García list Villanueva among the growing zones of the Baja Guajira during the bonanza marimbera of the 1970s.[1]: 54
Since 2000
Accessions
No accessions documented yet.
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References
- ↑ Betancourt, Darío; García, Martha Luz (1994). Contrabandistas, marimberos y mafiosos: historia social de la mafia colombiana (1965–1992) (in español). Bogotá: TM Editores. ISBN 958-601-481-9.
- ↑ Ministerio de Defensa Nacional. "Erradicación". Portal de Datos Abiertos de Colombia (dataset) (in español). Retrieved 20 October 2026.
- ↑ "Ejército desmantela cultivo ilícito de marihuana en La Guajira". La Prensa (in español). 15 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2026.