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Norte de Santander

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Norte de Santander, departamento, northeastern Colombia, bounded east by Venezuela and located where the Andean Cordillera Oriental bifurcate, one arm continuing northward as the Sierra de Ocaña and Serranía (mountains) de los Motilones, the other bending eastward to form the Venezuelan Andes. Cedar and pine are the principal forest trees. The departamento was created in 1910. The Catatumbo River region, near the Venezuelan border, is an important oil-producing area with a refinery at Tibú and pipelines running west and southwest from the fields. In the cooler uplands, grains, potatoes, and horsebeans are the principal crops. Coffee and sugarcane are cultivated ...(100 of 140 words)

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