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Serranía del San Lucas
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Highest point
Elevation 2,700 m (8,900 ft)
Dimensions
Area 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi)
Geography
Serranía del San Lucas is located in Colombia
Serranía del San Lucas
Serranía del San Lucas
Location in Colombia
Country  Colombia

The Serranía de San Lucas is a forested massif in the Bolívar Department of northern Colombia that reaches heights of 2,600m above sea level. It is part of the Magdalena-Urabá moist forests ecoregion, with a rainforest ecology that includes large monkey and bird populations.

It is a 'forest reserve' that has been recommended for protection, but has been opened to mining by the Colombian government, as the mountains have large deposits of gold, emeralds, nickel and mercury. AngloGold Ashanti has been exploring in the area since 2004, causing tensions with local small-scale miners.

The ELN guerrilla group enforced forest protection in the area in the early 2000s, apparently to protect local hydrology. .....

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