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La Guajira
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La Guajira (lä gwähē`rä), peninsula, c.100 mi (160 km) long, N Colombia, extending into the Caribbean Sea. Punta Gallinas, at the tip, is the northernmost point of South America. On the sparsely populated peninsula are outliers of the Cordillera Oriental, surrounded by hot, arid plains. Salt and pearls are found along the shoreline.


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Mera president and CEO Robert McLeay and Millennium president and CEO Martin Hislop jointly announced at a press conference today that Colombian national oil company ECOPETROL has approved their joint proposal to explore for hydrocarbons on a 125,000 hectare (320,000 acre) tract of land located in the country's north-east Guajira department.
 
 
 
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