Riohacha

Riohacha, officially Riohacha Special, Tourist and Cultural District, (in Wayuunaiki: Süchiimma which translates to "Earth del Río") is a Colombian district, capital of the department of La Guajira. It is located on the coast of the Caribbean Sea, in the delta of the Ranchería River. It is the second municipality with the largest territorial extension in its department and main for constituting a vast gear of public entities, banks and financial entities, headquarters of the Diocese of Riohacha; cultural and educational institutions, sports venues and its commercial sector. It has an estimated population of &&&&&&&&&0307999.&&&&&0307,999 (2020) inhabitants distributed in 15 corregimientos, 8 indigenous reservations and its municipal head that widens away from the coast.

Instituted in the middle of the XVI century, it is considered one of the oldest cities founded by Spaniards in America. Its history shows us a past of "destruction and reconstruction": in 1596 it was destroyed by the English pirate Francis Drake; in the middle of the 17th century the sea swept away a large part of the city; in 1820 the patriot forces, after fighting the naval battle of Laguna Salá, burned the city to ensure that it would not be re-occupied by royalists. That is why it is considered The Phoenix of the Caribbean. In the past it was inhabited mainly by indigenous Eneals, Guanebucanes, Wiwas and Wayús; the latter two still live in the municipality. Since those times it was considered a temple or sanctuary of precious burials and "payments".

The reason for the European establishment was the extraction of pearls on its coasts, which was given the nickname Pearl Portal. The Spanish established it as a maritime and fluvial port, which until the middle of the XX century represented an important sector of its economy by import of food, household appliances, wood and construction, beverages and textiles; and exports of sea salt, hides, cattle, coal and firewood, among others; until the Colombian government closed the port, since then its traditional pier came to be of tourist use.

Toponymy

The place name Riohacha has existed since the same period of the Spanish conquest and colonization of La Guajira (1526-1536). There are three different hypotheses about its origin, all of them related to the exploration of the place at the mouth of a river in the middle part of the La Guajira Peninsula. The first hypothesis recounts the rescue that a young indigenous man does to a lost and thirsty Spanish battalion, guiding them towards the encounter with the river; As a reward, the captain gives the native an ax and baptizes the place as El Río de La Hacha. The second hypothesis speaks of the same Spanish battalion whose Captain loses his emblematic Ax when crossing said river; as a consolation he baptizes it Río de La Hacha . The third hypothesis documents the discovery of a beautiful ax buried on the river bank by a battalion of European explorers, who until now believed they were the first to reach that place. In this way, they called it River of the Axe.

The word Süchiimma means, in the Wayuunaiki language, Land of the River: Süchii (river) and Mma (land). The city is also known as Portal de Perlas (alluding to its pearl origin), the Capital of the Magic Arreboles (the most beautiful sunsets in the Colombian Caribbean) and the i>Mestiza del Nordeste (because of its rich multiculturalism and the Trade Winds of the Northeast).

History

Pre-Columbian times

Since pre-Hispanic times, Riohacha and the peninsula of La Guajira have been inhabited by indigenous communities such as the Guanebucanes who were great goldsmiths, the caquetíos, makuiras, anates, cuanaos and eneales. Currently, the municipal territory of Riohacha is inhabited by a large native Amerindian population, mainly from the Wayúu community (whose language is Wayuunaiki of the Arawak linguistic family) and indigenous communities on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta such as the Damana-speaking Wiwa, the Koguian-speaking Kogui and the Ikan-speaking Ika or Arhuacos, all languages of the Chibcha linguistic family.

Spanish colonization

Riohacha Cathedral.

During the XVI century, the peninsular territory was disputed between the governorates of Santa Marta and Venezuela, due to the existence pearl. The first settlement on the Guajira coasts occurred on August 5, 1535 by Nicolás Federmann, after the order of the then governor of Venezuela, Jorge de Espira, where rich pearl deposits were found and would be established under the name of Our Lady of the Snows. A second fact that marks the colonization of this territory is the subsequent transfer, at the beginning of 1538, of a large population of pearl fishermen from the island of Cubagua, a fact that would rename it as Our Lady Santa María de Remedios del Cabo de la Vela. Subsequently, the population is transferred to the banks of the mouth of the Río de La Hacha (today Río Ranchería), starting in the second half of the year 1544 and culminating in the middle of the year 1545, being baptized Nuestra Señora Santa María de los Remedios del Río de la Hacha, in honor of the image of the Virgin of Los Remedios which, according to tradition, was brought from the pearl-bearing bay of Cabo de la Vela when its port was attacked and looted by English pirates who were looking for pearls

The exploitation and culture of pearls was the most important activity of this population until recent times. In the year 1547, Riohacha received the title of Autonomous City through two Royal Certificates issued by the Spanish Crown in the months of September and October. In 1596 Riohacha was attacked by the English pirate Francis Drake when he found out about the quality of his pearls. The siege of Riohacha proved fatal to the health of Drake,^{[citation needed]} who died of dysentery in Portobelo, Panama.

In the year 1769, Riohacha lived through the rebellion of the Wayúu, who took the city on May 2 and forced the colonial administrators to reconsider another order of treatment with the peninsular natives. After this, the province of Riohacha is created.

Republican period

On May 25, 1820, the battle of Laguna Salada took place, giving independence to the city commanded by Admiral José Prudencio Padilla.

During the rest of the XIX century, Riohacha was commercially related to the ports of England, the Netherlands, the islands of the Caribbean, Panama and New York. The territory was subject to the department of Magdalena until 1871, the year in which it became national territory, retaining that category until 1898, when it was promoted to the governorship of La Guajira. In 1911 it descended to the category of police station and returned to being a national mayor in 1954. A department was established in 1965.

20th and 21st centuries

Already in the XX century, the national government approaches the city and involves it in the social dynamics of the country. In 1965 it became the capital of the recently created department of La Guajira. Riohacha has a population of 169,000 inhabitants, made up of an ethnic diversity such as the Wayuu, the Wiwa, the Kogui and Ika, as well as a large community of Afro, mestizo and Creole origin. According to the latest Development Plans, the city aims to become a development hub for ecotourism and cultural tourism. Riohacha was, in the XIX century, the cradle of the most popular music in Colombia, today known as vallenato.

Territorial organization

The Municipality of Riohacha is located on the Caribbean coast of the department of La Guajira. Its territorial extension is 3,120 km² and is made up of an urban area (divided into 10 communes), 14 corregimientos and 8 indigenous reservations (7 of them belong to the Wayuu ethnic group and one from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta shared by the Kogui ethnic groups., Wiwa and Ika -Arhuaco-). It is located 1,121 km north of Bogotá, with which it communicates through an air flight lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes and 260 km away from Barranquilla by land.

The Municipality of Riohacha is made up of its municipal seat and the following Corregimientos:

• Arroyo Arenas
• Barbecues
• Shrimp
• Cerrillo
• Choles
• Cotopríx
• Galán
• Juan y Medio
• Las Palmas
• Matitas
• Monguí
• Tigreras
• Tomarage
• Villa Martín (Machobayo)

The city is made up of 10 communes that make up the following neighborhoods:

1. Comuna Centro Histórico: Centro, Barrio Arriba, Barrio Abajo, Urbanización El Faro.
2. Comuna Nuevo Centro: San Martín de Porres, Los Remedios, El Acueducto, El Libertador, Urbanización El Tatual.
3. Coquivacoa commune: Coquivacoa, Padilla, José Antonio Galán, Urbanización Sol Tropical, Urbanización Terrazas de Coquivacoa, Paraíso, Guapuna, Las Mercedes, Luis Antonio Robles, Mediterranean I and II, Coquivacoa.
4. Cooperative Commune: October 12, Urbanisation Marbella, Nuevo Horizonte, Urbanización Portal de Comfamiliar, Cooperativo Nuevo Faro, La Ñapa, Edinson Deluque Pinto, Urbanización Manantial, Urbanización Majayura I y II, Jorge Pérez.
5. Comuna Airport Almirante Padilla: Cactus I and II, Che Guevara, Las Tunas, Caribe, San Martín de Loba, Matajuna, Airport, La Paz, Nazareth.
6. Commune Our Lady of Remedies: Worker, July 20, San Francisco, Rojas Pinilla, La Loma, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, José Arnoldo Marín, Calancala, Las Villas, Entre Ríos, Los Médanos, El Progreso, Luis Eduardo Cuellar, Villa Tatiana, Kepiagua.
7. Bigmouth Commune: La Cosecha, Boca Grande, Los Nogales, San Judas, El Comunitario, Los Olivos, Divino Niño, La Esperanza, May 15, Comfamiliar 2000, Simón Bolívar, Eurare, Buganvilla.
8. Comuna Ecológica Laguna Salada y El Patrón: Camilo Torres, María Eugenia Rojas, Ranchería, Villa Laura, Urbanización Villa Armando, Urbanización Bella Vista, Urbanización Solmar, Buenos Aires, Los Cerezos, 7 de agosto, Urbanización Pareigua, Claudia Catalina, Pilar Del Río, Urbanización Wuetapia.
9. Comuna Eco – Touristic Rio Rancheria: Urbanization Villa Comfamiliar, Urbanization Villa Del Mar, Urbanization Villa Tatiana, Villa Fátima.
10. Commune El Dividivi: Ciudadela El Dividivi, Los Almendros, Los Loteros, Villa Sharin, Urbanización La Floresta, Hugo Zúñiga, Urbanización San Judas Tadeo, Urbanización San Isidro, Villa Yolima, Villa Jardin, October 31, Urbanización la Mano de Dios, Las Mercedes, New Millennium, Urbanización Villa Aurora, Urbanización Taguaira, La Lucha, La Luchita, La Provincia.

Geography

Rancheria River.

Rio Rancheria mouth in Riohacha.

Riohacha is located in the central left part of the department of La Guajira; the municipality is the second of La Guajira in extension.

Most of the terrain is made up of clayey and sandy soil, especially on the coasts. The relief is made up of the Guajira plain, the northern area of the Sierra Nevada, and independent hills; which give the characteristics of a humid jungle environment in the mountains, dry jungle around the Ranchería river bed and dry savannah in the plains. Near the coast, due to desertification, the environment is arid and the soil is sandy. To the south of the city, the terrain is typical of dry savannah.

The municipality occupies about a quarter of the departmental territory with an extension of &&&&&&&&&0491383.& &&&&0491,383 ha of which &&&&&&&&&0133980.&&&&&0133,980 belong to indigenous reservation areas, &&&&&&&&&;0134444.&&&&&0134,444 to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National Natural Park and 4,784 to the Los Flamencos Fauna and Flora Sanctuary.

Limits

Riohacha limits to the north with the Caribbean Sea, to the east with the Ranchería River and the municipalities of Manaure and Maicao, to the south with the municipalities of Hatonuevo, Barrancas, Distracción and San Juan del Cesar, and to the west with the municipality of Dibulla and the Caribbean Sea.

Climate

Due to its location, the municipal seat of Riohacha should have a hot desert climate. However, the air currents from the trade winds slightly modify the temperature according to the time of year. It should be noted that the city is relatively close to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, playing this other factor and further enriching the climate. The city of Riohacha has an average annual temperature of 28 degrees Celsius, presenting oscillations of 10 and 15 degrees as you ascend in the Sierra Nevada massif, this only present in the rural area of the municipality.

Most of the year, the city has a uniformly warm climate with slight differences between day and night.

January is the month with the lowest relative humidity since the trade winds from the Caribbean Sea hit hard, followed by February, March and April, where there are some isolated precipitations that alleviate the inclement weather with the presence of cloudiness and fog in some cases. May registers the highest temperatures of the year, with a notable drop in the breezes and cloud formation, in this and in the months of June-July, the city receives the highest incidence of solar radiation, very noticeable when the vegetation disappears in some areas. August and September receive the first signs of winter when they coincide with the hurricane season in the Caribbean, causing rains in most of the Guajiro territory, normally accompanied by strong electrical storms that bring gales, hailstorms and floods in the lowest areas. In October and November the rains continue in a softer way, causing a notable decrease in day and night temperatures. In these months, maximum temperatures of 30 degrees and exceptional minimums of 21 and 22 degrees are recorded, opening the way to December, a windy and very cool month where noticeable drops of up to 19 and 20 degrees are observed at night.

Average climate parameters of Riohacha, La Guajira (Admiral Admiral Padilla 1981-2010)
Month	Ene.	Feb.	Mar.	Open up.	May.	Jun.	Jul.	Ago.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.	Annual
Temp. max. abs. (°C)	39.2	36.8	39.8	38.4	38	38.6	38.1	38.9	39.4	36.8	36	38.7	39.8
Average temperature (°C)	32.5	32.6	32.8	33.0	33.5	34.5	35.2	35.1	33.7	32.8	32.2	32.4	33.4
Average temperature (°C)	27.1	27.2	27.4	28	28.8	29.7	29.9	29.5	28.5	28	27.7	27.3	28.3
Temp. medium (°C)	22.3	22.7	23.5	24.5	25.2	25.6	25.6	25.3	24.5	24	23.6	23	24.2
Temp. min. abs. (°C)	17.1	17	17	17.1	20.8	20	17.1	19.8	19.1	20	18.8	16.8	16.8
Rains (mm)	3.7	1.6	5.5	31.3	75.9	51.2	16.8	50	142.6	148.8	75.6	31	634
Days of rain (≥)	1	1	1	4	8	4	3	6	10	11	7	3	59
Hours of sun	264	227	232	201	195	234	260	251	207	208	216	242	2737
Relative humidity (%)	70	70	71	74	75	68	66	71	76	79	79	74	72.8
Source: Climate parameters IDEAM 22 December 2007

Demographics

In 2017 Riohacha had an estimated population of &&&&&&&&&0277913.&&&& &0277,913 inhabitants, including &&&&&&&&&0236927.&&& &&0236,927 live in the urban area.

The Wayúu indigenous population that does not live in indigenous reservations is approximately 11,200 people for a total Wayúu population in the Municipality of Riohacha of 33,647. The Wiwa and Kogui communities also have seats in the municipality, which have a Approximate population of 9,900 people, settled in the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Riohacha in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Starting in the 1970s, the city experienced a huge immigration process that led to the establishment of important colonies made up of people from other regions of Colombia, especially from the departments of Magdalena, Bolívar, Sucre, Córdoba, Antioquia and Santander, who with their idiosyncrasy have increased the multiculturalism of the Riohachero people, the migratory waves of the Arab peoples in the area were also important.

According to the 2005 DANE Census, 12.2% of the population self-identifies as Afro-descendant, mulatto or Raizal; 20.3% self-identify as indigenous [1]

Health

The Municipality of Riohacha, according to figures from 2007, has 5 institutions in the service network and a total of 229 beds distributed as follows: 1 second level hospital with 67 beds, 4 clinics with 162 beds; It also has 3 Health Centers and 9 Health Posts.

Economy

Indigenous Wayuu wearing backpacks at the Riohacha Camellón.

An important line of the economy is livestock: cattle, pigs, horses, mules, donkeys, goats and sheep; Fishing, especially for shellfish, turtles and pearls, is done by hand. Forest exploitation of indigo, mahogany, cedar, dividivi, guayacán, mangrove, oak, totumo is important. It lacks a manufacturing industry.

According to the 2005 census, the predominant economic activity in the urban area is commerce (52%), which has been boosted by the construction of an SAO Hypermarket and the Suchiima Shopping Center (whose anchor store is Metro Supermarkets), and more recently, the Viva shopping center chain of Grupo Éxito that attracts local customers, tourists who come to Riohacha to stock up on products, and neighboring towns that used to shop in Maicao. The second economic line of the city is that of services (30%), Other activities (10%) and Industry (8%)[2] (broken link available at Internet Archive; see history, first and last version).

Tourism

Beach in Riohacha.

The tourist profile of Riohacha, and of the department of La Guajira in general, is cultural tourism. Currently there is a potential for various trends such as agrotourism in the Agroindustrial Corridor (Corregimientos de Tigreras, Choles and Matitas), ecotourism in areas such as the Santuario de Flora y Fauna los Flamencos (Corregimiento de Camarones), Pozo García (Corregimiento de Tomarrazón) and the Ranchería River Delta (Urban Area. Commune # 9) or beach tourism that encompasses the coastal corridor that runs from the eastern margin of the mouth of the Enea River to the western margin of the mouth of the Ranchería River with several virgin beaches and six (6) urban beaches (Playa Marbella, Playa del Guapo, Playa del Muelle, Playa Gimaura "La Boca", Playa Valle de los Cangrejos and Playa La Raya), all with white sand furrowed by coconut palm trees and its Tourist Pier (since 1936). In addition, there are: the Malecón or Paseo de la Marina, the Historic Center, the Laguna Salada, the Parque de los Cañones, the Tomb of Francisco El Hombre (Corregimiento de Villa Martín or Machobayo) and the Sanctuary of fauna and flora of Los Flamencos, in the corregimiento of Camarones.

Among the historical buildings most appreciated by the community are the Chapel of the Capuchins, the Balcones de Calle Tercera, the House of Emilio Vence, the House of the Fountains, the House of Vladimiro Pérez, the Municipal Hall, the Monument to Admiral Padilla, the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios Cathedral, the monument to Nicolas Federmann, the Customs House and the Aurora Theater.

Cannon park.

Riohacha Camellón.

• Paseo de la Marina: constituted by the Beaches of the city and its articulation with the Tourist Pier and the Camellón on the coastal strip of La Marina Avenue, designed to exercise the walk to pleasure, enjoying the landscape of the Caribbean Sea and the development of the conversation between its passersby. It has twelve interpretative columns on the landscape and culture of La Guajira.
• Valley of the Crabs: stop to the northeast of the city, located in the Rancheria River Delta, avenueed by the Kalaankala arm. It takes its name from the large population of crustaceans (Crabs and Jaibas of Salobres Waters), which inhabit this landscape. Its main vegetation consists of the Red Mangles (Rhizophora Mangle), White (Laguncularia Racemosa), Black (Avicennia Germinans) and Button (Conocarpus Erecta). The characteristics of its beach surround it in the area of coastal ecotourism.
• La Laguna Salada: this Laguna constitutes the largest body of water in the urban area of Riohacha. Previously it was a whole ecosystem attached to the Rancheria River Delta with a large population of migratory and native birds; the extension of its waters was such that on May 25, 1820, in the struggles of Independence, allowed the entry of warships, commanded the patriots by Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, giving origin to the Battle of the Salada Lagoon. A comprehensive recovery plan is currently being implemented to reconnect it with the Rancheria River Delta and the small Lagoons of Bocagrande and La Esperanza.
• Shi Mukshi (The Black Line): concept of sacred spaces, belonging to the Cosmovision Wiwa, Kogui and Ika (Arhuacos), the elder brothers of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. They are energy sites, in the contours of the Sierra, in which they are believed to contain great energies vital to the harmony of the world or the sustainability of places sensitive to pollution. In the municipality of Riohacha it is distributed in numerous places around the mouth of the Rancheria River (on both shores), Laguna Salada, La Laguna de Bocagrande, La Laguna de La Esperanza, the mouth of the Arroyo Guerrero, the Boca de Camarones... among others more distributed in hills and in landscapes of sacred trees. In them are performed the pagan ceremonies with prayers to Serankua and offerings of flowers and stones. The conservation of these sites for the balance of the earth is vital.
• Sanctuary of fauna and flora the Flamencos: in the rural area of Riohacha, is the Camarones corregimiento, ancestral land of the extinct Guanebucanes; this corregimiento is located about 20 kilometers to the sudoccidente of Riohacha, bordering the Caribbean Sea and to the shore of the Troncal Road of the Caribbean, with bodies of water such as the Navío Quebrado and Laguna Grande, which constitute this natural reserve of great tourist attraction.

Education

Basic education

Riohacha has a wide network of educational institutions with an approximate number of 10 public schools for the basic secondary (or baccalaureate) that distribute basic primary education centers with an average total of 13 single centers for this school formation.

Although in reality there are other schools that present deficiencies in terms of their infrastructure, for which reason they are rarely mentioned as official schools. In general, these schools are located in the southern part of the city.

Regarding the corregimientos, each main community has an educational institution for primary and secondary, in some cases, the same center exercises the two formations on different days.

Preschool education is distributed in the different centers where basic primary education is taught; and there is also a network of nurseries for children under three years of age, subsidized by the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare.

Regarding private education, there are eight centers that provide basic primary and secondary education, and some preschool.

Higher Education

The city of Riohacha has a wide network of universities and other educational centers that offer a series of distance, face-to-face and blended programs located as regional headquarters; although some use the school buildings of educational institutions for academic processes.

• University of La Guajira. Unique with university campus. It's public and departmental.
• Fundación Universitaria San Martín. (Sede regional with semi-presential programmes)
• Antonio Nariño University. (Sede regional with semi-presential programmes)
• Corporación Universitaria Remington (Centro de atención tutorial con programas a distancia)
• University of Pamplona. (Sedes in schools with distance programs)
• Open and Distance National University - UNAD (regional level with semi-presential and remote programs).
• National Learning Service - SENA: Commercial. (Regional level)
• National Learning Service - SENA: Industrial. (Regional level)

Culture

Typical crafts from Riohacha.

Riohacha is Caribbean, multiethnic and multicultural, it is a city enriched by a wide diversity of rites, customs, traditions and cultural manifestations nurtured by its new settlers: Afro-descendants and Europeans, and its ancestral indigenous settlers: the Wayuu and in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta the Wiwa and the Kogui.

In the city there are 3 public libraries: Departmental Library Hna. Josefina Zúñiga, Almirante Padilla Library and Bank of the Republic Library, in addition to the Library of the University of La Guajira and a dozen school libraries and soon the Virtual Library built by the Diocese of Riohacha.

Riohacha is also the hometown of several prominent national and regional figures such as Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, the politician Luis Antonio Robles, the maternal grandparents of the Nobel Prize for Literature Gabriel García Márquez and also the birthplace of Arnoldo Iguaran player of the Colombian National Team of the 80s and 90s.

Festivals and events

The city has experienced a period of socialization of culture since the 1990s when, in addition to the Patron Saint Festivities of the Corregimientos, Communes and Neighborhoods, festivals and cultural events such as the Teatrízate Theater Festival have also been held, the International Festival of Storytellers AKUENTAJUÎ, Ibercaribe "International Meeting of Oral Narrators in the Caribbean", the Itinerant Dance Festival and the Dance for Couples Festival, the Bolero Festival, the Pajará Festival (vallenato music), the Alternative Poetry Festival. The most traditional cultural events are the Patronal Festival of the Virgen de los Remedios (February 2), the Carnival of Riohacha. Recently, high-impact events have been organized nationally and internationally, such as the Hay Festival Riohacha (a chapter of the Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias) and the Francisco el Hombre Festival of contemporary vallenato music.

The Francisco el Hombre Festival is a cultural project with which an annual recognition of contemporary Vallenato music is institutionalized, through those who stand out as its best performers. The Festival will promote and exalt the artistic quality of current vallenato expressed in its different variants, namely: traditional, new wave, romantic or modern.

Gastronomy

The Wayúu heritage is the goat in various presentations: roasted, stewed, cecina, offal (viscera) and friche (viscera fried in the blood of the same animal). Other dishes are: shrimp rice, pickled sierra with guajiro bean rice, chipichipi rice, bonito salpicón, dogfish salpicón, chucho salpicón, ray salad, bonefish meatballs, arepuela de anís, arepa de chichigüare, arepa of canchafa (Machobayo), arepa de corozo (Galán), cassava pudding (Tomarrazón), fresh corn chicha, medlar juice, iguaraya juice, wild cherry juice, canned grape juice, fried turtle in its own fat and the turtle rice.

Desserts include the traditional cocada (coconut sweet), passing through Monguí dulce de leche, shrimp milk balls, icaco sweets, sesame seeds, corn, green papaya, grapefruit and potatoes.

Media

Press

• Diario de La Guajira
• Journal of the press
• Magazine progress

In La Guajira there has been a phenomenon of newspapers that subsist thanks to the advertising of multinational and state companies. That is to say, when the multinational gave them a notice they published the edition. That is why the vast majority do not circulate daily but when they get publicity. The pioneers of modern journalism in Riohacha have been Pepe Palacio Coronado -journalist and writer, Óscar Palacio Peña - an empirical journalist, but as a good public accountant and business man from Antioquia, he has been able to maintain his media outlets: Diario de La Guajira, Diario la Prensa and Revista progreso, against all odds, although not They are daily and remain current.

Television

Riohacha has several channels such as

• Teleguajira
• Guajira Television
• Canal de la Costa
• Makuira Television
• Guajira Channel

Radius

• Uniguajira Estéreo 89.3 FM, Emissora institucional de la Universidad de La Guajira.
• Radio Nacional de Colombia 610 AM
• Radio Delfín 1060 AM
• National Police Radio 88.7 FM
• Cardinal Stereo (fm) 91.7 FM
• Rumba Stereo (fm) 93.7 FM
• Radionica (fm) 95.1 FM
• Majayura Estéreo 100.7 F.M. Emissora de La Gobernación de La Guajira Administrada por el Fondo Mix de Cultura de La Guajira.
• Guajira Estéreo (fm) 107.3 FM Communal emissora directed by journalist Pepe Palacio Coronado.