Patillal is a village and corregimiento in the municipality of Valledupar within the Colombian Department of Cesar.

The town lies on the steps of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta with a semi-arid terrain.

The region of what is now Patillal was a cattle herd owned by María Antonia de las Nieves de Maestre and set as corregimiento before 1960.

[1] The village is mostly known for its vallenato musical traditions and for being the cradle to many musicians of this genre, such as Rafael Escalona.

[2] The village celebrates the vallenato music Festival of the Land of Composers (Spanish: Festival Tierra de Compositores) and the traditional Roman Catholic mass of venerating the Virgin of Las Mercedes every September 24 of each year.