Cravo Norte
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Cravo Norte is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department
, Colombia
. Thought to have been founded in 1538 by Jesuit missionary Joseph Gumilla. The first census was conducted in May 1797 and counted a population of 205.
Arauca Department
Arauca is a department of Colombia located in the extreme north of the Orinoco part of Colombia , bordering Venezuela. It is bordered to the south by the Casanare River and the Meta River, which separate it from the departments of Casanare and Vichada. To the west borders with the Boyacá Department...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. Thought to have been founded in 1538 by Jesuit missionary Joseph Gumilla. The first census was conducted in May 1797 and counted a population of 205.