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Tamalameque

Field	Value
settlement_type	Town
official_name	Tamalameque
image_flag	Flag of Tamalameque (Cesar).svg
image_map	Colombia - Cesar - Tamalameque.svg
mapsize	200px
map_caption	Location of the municipality and town of Tamalameque in the Department of Cesar
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_type2	Department
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_name1	Caribbean
subdivision_name2	Cesar
leader_title	Mayor
leader_name	José Ricardo Aguilar
(2016-2019)
established_title	Founded
established_date	29 September 1544
founder	Lorenzo Martín
area_total_km2	511.31
area_water_km2	97.1
area_urban_km2	30.66
population_as_of	2015
population_total	13862
population_urban	5585
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Colombia Standard Time
utc_offset	-5
latd		latm=	lats=	latNS=
longd		longm=	longs=	longEW=
elevation_min_m	50
elevation_max_m	150
website	Official website

(2016-2019)

Tamalameque is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Cesar. It was originally the site of a Chimila settlement, Thamara. Tamalameque is located on the right bank of the Magdalena River and borders Chimichagua and Pailitas in the north, Pelaya in the east, La Gloria in the south and in the west the departments of Bolívar (El Peñón) and Magdalena (El Banco).

History

Tamalameque was first visited by the Bavarian conquistador Ambrosius Ehinger in 1531.

Modern Tamalameque was founded on 29 September 1544 by Lorenzo Martín.

Economy

Tamalameque, situated in an area dotted with wetlands and swamps at the Magdalena River, has an economy based on fishing, agriculture and livestock farming. Main agricultural products cultivated are rice and sorghum, and farther from the river bananas and yuca.

References

{{in lang. es [http://www.tamalameque-cesar.gov.co/informacion_general.shtml Official website Tamalameque]{{Dead link. (July 2025)
es [http://letras-uruguay.espaciolatino.com/aaa/bolivar_grimaldos_rafael/conquista_rapida_y_saqueo.htm Conquista rápida y saqueo cuantioso de Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]

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