page_title: Zenú
hierarchical_section_title: Zenú
caption_attribution_description: English: Area in Northern Colombia where the Zenú indigenous culture developed from 200 BC until 1600 AD. Except for Cartagena and Mompox, the places and rivers noted in this map are relevant to the history of the Zenú. The darker green area around Caño Rabon is the place where the Zenúes built their largest irrigation and drainage works.
context_page_description: The Zenú or Sinú is a pre-Columbian culture in Colombia, whose ancestral territory comprises the valleys of the Sinú and San Jorge rivers as well as the coast of the Caribbean around the Gulf of Morrosquillo. These lands lie within the departments of Córdoba and Sucre.
  The Zenú culture existed from about 200 BCE to about 1600 CE, constructing major waterworks and producing gold ornaments. The gold that was often buried with their dead lured the Spanish conquerors, who looted much of the gold. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the tribe almost died out due to excessive taxation, forced labor, and western diseases caused. The Zenú language disappeared around 200 years ago, however, the 2018 Colombian Census showed 307,091 Zenú people alive today.
  In 1773 The King of Spain designated 83,000 hectares in San Andrés de Sotavento as a Zenú reserve. This reserve existed until it was dissolved by the National Assembly of Colombia in 1905. The Zenú have fought for the restoration of the reserve, and in 1990 San Andrés de Sotavento was restored as a Zenú reserve with a land area of 10,000 hectares.
context_section_description: The Zenú  or Sinú is a pre-Columbian culture in Colombia, whose ancestral territory comprises the valleys of the Sinú and San Jorge rivers as well as the coast of the Caribbean around the Gulf of Morrosquillo. These lands lie within the departments of Córdoba and Sucre.
  The Zenú culture existed from about 200 BCE to about 1600 CE, constructing major waterworks and producing gold ornaments. The gold that was often buried with their dead lured the Spanish conquerors, who looted much of the gold. With the arrival of the Spaniards, the tribe almost died out due to excessive taxation, forced labor, and western diseases caused. The Zenú language disappeared around 200 years ago, however, the 2018 Colombian Census showed 307,091 Zenú people alive today. 
  In 1773 The King of Spain designated 83,000 hectares in San Andrés de Sotavento as a Zenú reserve. This reserve existed until it was dissolved by the National Assembly of Colombia in 1905. The Zenú have fought for the restoration of the reserve, and in 1990 San Andrés de Sotavento was restored as a Zenú reserve with a land area of 10,000 hectares (later 23,000).
caption: Caribbean area where the Zenú culture developed between 200 BCE and 1600 CE. The grey area is the inland delta where most of the Zenú irrigation and drainage works were constructed.
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