Guanentá Province

Guanentá Province is a province in Santander Department, Colombia. The province was named after the Amerindian Chief Guanentá, leader of the Guanes, who were the original inhabitants of the region.

Municipalities

Guanentá Province is divided into seventeen municipalities:

• Aratoca
• Barichara
• Charalá
• Curití
• San Gil
• Socorro
• Mogotes

Other Towns

• Coromoro
• Desert
• Encino
• Goatherd
• Jordán
• Ocamonte
• Onzaga
• Pinchote
• San Joaquin
• Valley of San Jose
• Villanueva
• Wooded hills

Hydrography

• Fonce River born in the south of this province and it crosses it, from the south to the north west, gathering to his river steps such as: pienta, the mogoticos, broken of deer, and others, passes through towns such as Charalá, San Jose Valley (Valle de San José), Ocamonte, happens through territories of wooded hills. The urban helmet of San Gil, through near Pinchote, and ends to Suarez River.
• Pienta Fonce River is one of the main effluents of Fonce River
• Taquiza Fonce River: another one of the main tributaries of Fonce River
• Mogoticos River: this tributary of Fonce River, as its name indicates, it comes from the Guanentino wooded hill municipality, and ends to Fonce River in the heat of the park Gallineral in San Gil.
• Broken of Deer: this gorge comes from the municipality of Paramo, and ends at Fonce River, near the bridge of the valley, that unites San Gil and Paramo with the municipality of San Jose Valley (Valle de San José).