Tolú
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Tolú, also known as Santiago de Tolú, is a small town in Sucre Department, northern Colombia on the Caribbean coast. The municipality has an area of 500 km2. It is named after the Tolú, one of the pre-Columbian indigenous people of the North Colombia lowlands.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Tolú
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Regatas en Tolú.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tolú (Sucre).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Tolú.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Sucre - Tolú.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Tolú 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
- 301.22
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 8.75
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2018 census
- Settlement.population_total
- 32922
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 35670
- Area
- 347
- Elevation
- 2
- Official website
- www.santiagodetolu-sucre.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Palo Blanco-Tolú.jpg
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- Commons category
- Tolú
- inception
- 1535-00-00
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Tolú, also known as Santiago de Tolú, is a small town in Sucre Department, northern Colombia on the Caribbean coast. The municipality has an area of 500 km2. It is named after the Tolú, one of the pre-Columbian indigenous people of the North Colombia lowlands.
The municipality of Tolú borders to the North with San Onofre, to the East with Toluviejo, to the South with Coveñas, Palmito and Sincelejo.
On the map
2 mapped locations