La Gloria

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La Gloria is a municipality of the Department of Cesar located in the Southeastern part of the Department of Cesar in Colombia.

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Situated to the Eastern margin of the Rio Magdalena, it borders the north with the municipalities of Tamalameque and Pelaya, the south with the municipalities of Gamarra and Aguachica, the West with the department of Bolivar and the east with the department of North of Santander. It is known for its small but growing fishing industry and its agricultural produces.

The municipality has been characterized as the bridge between the south of Cesar and the municipalities of the south of Bolivar. Travellers of this region of Bolivar must cross rio Magdalena, to take the highway La Gloria - La Mata.

The agricultural products that stand out in the municipality is rice, cultivated in the estates of the Properties Santa Ines and Bellacruz, as well as sorghum and other cereals to smaller scale. The planting of corn in Ayacucho and La Mata, like the fishing industry, is very well-known at national level.