Ovejas

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.

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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

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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)