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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.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Ovejas
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality and town
Settlement.image_skyline
Ovejas-Sucre-Colombia.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The church of San Francisco de Asís
Settlement.image_flag
Flag of Ovejas (Sucre).svg
Settlement.image_seal
Escudo de Ovejas (Sucre).svg
Settlement.image_map
Colombia - Sucre - Ovejas.svg
Settlement.mapsize
250px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the municipality and town of Ovejas in the Sucre Department of Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Sucre Department
Settlement.area_total_km2
447
Settlement.population_as_of
2015
Settlement.population_total
21091
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto

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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.

==Notable people== Graciela Arango de Tobón, songwriter (1931–2000). Nacho Paredes, singer and songwriter (1935–2018)

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ovejas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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