Cerrejón

Summary

Cerrejón is a coal mine^[1]. Cerrejón ranks in the top 3% of coal_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cerrejón is located in La Guajira Department^[3].
• Cerrejón is located in Hatonuevo^[4].
• Cerrejón is in the country of Colombia^[5].
• Cerrejón's image is recorded as Cerrejón mine.JPG^[6].
• Cerrejón's image is recorded as Cerrejón 3.jpg^[7].
• Cerrejón's continent is recorded as South America^[8].
• Cerrejón's instance of is recorded as coal mine^[9].
• Cerrejón's instance of is recorded as opencast mine^[10].
• Cerrejón's owned by is recorded as BHP Group^[11].
• Cerrejón's owned by is recorded as Anglo American plc^[12].
• Cerrejón's owned by is recorded as Glencore^[13].
• Cerrejón's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 240041301^[14].
• Cerrejón's GND ID is recorded as 4314687-9^[15].
• Cerrejón's Commons category is recorded as Cerrejón^[16].
• +1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cerrejón^[17].
• Cerrejón's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.08944444, 'lon': -72.67527778}^[18].
• Cerrejón's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08__6r^[19].
• Cerrejón's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Guajira Peninsula^[20].
• Cerrejón's official website is recorded as http://www.cerrejon.com^[21].
• Cerrejón's described at URL is recorded as https://www.icmm.com/en-gb/research/data/2025/global-mining-dataset^[22].
• Cerrejón's product or material produced is recorded as Q137585369^[23].
• Cerrejón's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+5116'}^[24].
• Cerrejón's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1900-00-00T00:00:00Z^[25].
• Cerrejón's described by source is recorded as Hirnychyj Encyclopedychnyj Slovnyk^[26].
• Cerrejón's described by source is recorded as Mining Technology^[27].

Body

Geography

Cerrejón is in the country of Colombia^[5]. Located in include La Guajira Department^[3], a department of Colombia^[28], in Colombia^[29], founded in 1965^[30] and Hatonuevo^[4], a municipality of Colombia^[31], in Colombia^[32], founded in 1840^[33]. Cerrejón's continent is recorded as South America^[8].

Physical Characteristics

Cerrejón's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+690'}^[34].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include coal mine^[9] and opencast mine^[10].

History and Context

+1984-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Cerrejón^[17]. Owners include BHP Group^[11], a business^[35], in Australia^[36], founded in 2001^[37], headquartered in Melbourne^[38]; Anglo American plc^[12], a company^[39], in United Kingdom^[40], founded in 1917^[41], headquartered in London^[42]; and Glencore^[13], a business^[43], in Switzerland^[44], founded in 1974^[45], headquartered in Baar^[46].

Why It Matters

Cerrejón ranks in the top 3% of coal_mine entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (63 views/month).^[2] Cerrejón has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] Cerrejón is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]