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The Montes de María is an isolated group of small mountains near the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Region). The Montes de María are the last part of the Serranía de San Jerónimo which extends from the West Andes. A part of the mountains are protected as the SFF Los Colorados. Montes de María is a zone located in the center of the Colombian Departments of Bolívar and Sucre. The following towns are part of the Montes de María: El Carmen de Bolívar, María La Baja, San Juan Nepomuceno, San Jacinto, Córdoba, Zambrano and El Guamo in Bolivar; Ovejas, Chalán, Colosó, Morroa, Toluviejo, Los Palmitos, San Onofre and San Antonio de Palmitos in Sucre. It has a total area of , of which are in Bolívar and in Sucre. This area has a population of about 330,889. Montes de María comprises three zones: The first zone is relatively flat with no mountains: the area located between the Troncal de Occidente and the Magdalena River, dedicated to cattle-raising and forestry. And the area located between the Transversal del Caribe and the Canal del Dique, with a main activity of agriculture. A second zone with mountains between the Transversal del Caribe and Troncal de Occidente with agriculture as the main activity. And a third zone in the west part that corresponds to the town of San Onofre. ==References== * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Montes de María」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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