The municipality of Barrancas is connected through a highway to the department capital, Riohacha and the main commercial town in the department, Maicao. Barranca also has cultural influence and commercial trade related to agriculture from the city of Valledupar in the Department of Cesar. Barrancas commercializes in small scale agricultural products such as coffee, plantain, cotton, maize and yuca, but the main economic activity in the municipality is the exploitation of coal at Cerrej�n coal mine. The Cerrejon coal mine is one of the largest open pit coal mine in the world
In Barrancas exist about 109 households.
Of these households 109 are common houses or apartments, 18 are without floor and about 5 consist of one room only.
57 of the normal households have sanitary installations, 107 are connected to the public water supply, 106 have access to electricity.
The economic situation allows 0 households to own a computer, 35 own a washing machine and 95 households are equipped with one or more televisions
