Chinú is a Colombian municipality located
northwest of the Department of Córdoba , near the Colombian Caribbean coast.
It is one of the oldest settlements of the department.
Bordered on the north by the Department of Sucre
(Municipality Sampués ), south to the town of Sahagun, west to Cienaga de Oro
and San Andrés de Sotavento. and east by the
Department of Sucre (Municipalities of San Benito Abad , El Roble and La Union
). Far from Monteria , the