Riohacha (in wayuunaiki: Süchiimma which translates to "River City") is a municipality capital of the Colombian department of La Guajira. Located in the center of the Caribbean Sea and the Rancheria River delta.
Established in the mid-sixteenth century, is considered a city founded by America's oldest Spanish. His story shows us a past of "destruction and reconstruction" in 1596 was destroyed by the English pirate Francis Drake, in the middle of the seventeenth century the sea swept much of the city, the patriotic forces in 1820 after waging naval battle Flowing Salá burned the city to make sure who is not reoccupied by realistic, which is why the Phoenix American considered.
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