Amazonas Department

Also known as Amazonas

department of Colombia

AI overview

Amazonas Department is an administrative region located in Colombia, situated in the Amazon rainforest area of South America. It matters because it encompasses a significant portion of Colombia's Amazon territory, which is crucial for biodiversity, indigenous communities, and global environmental concerns.

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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 441 inbound references to Amazonas Department, and connects out to Amazon, Brazil and Colombia.

The entry is geolocated on the map in adm1st.

It sits within the topics 1991 establishments in Colombia, Amazonas (Colombian department) and Departments of Colombia.

Vinony links it to 67 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: department of Colombia
Demonym: Amazonense
Country: Colombia
Located in: Colombia
Capital: Leticia
Official language: Spanish
Population: 79020
Area: 109665
Elevation: 97
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Shares border with: Amazonas
Official website: www.amazonas.gov.co/index.shtml
Image: Campo12Foto 2.JPG
Motto: Hoy busco libertad para tí
Flag: flag of the Department of Amazonas

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Commons category: Amazonas Department (Colombia)
topic's main category: Category:Amazonas (Colombian department)
inception: 1993-00-00
language used: Tanimuca-Retuarã
native label: Departamento de Amazonas
different from: Amazonas

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Encyclopedic overview

Amazonas ( Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈsonas]) is a department of Southern Colombia. It is the largest department in area while having the third smallest population among the departments. Its capital is Leticia and its name comes from the Amazon River, which drains the department.

It is made up entirely of Amazon Rainforest territory. The southern portion of the department, south of the Putumayo River, is called the "Amazonian Trapeze", which includes the triple border of Colombia, Peru and Brazil, and its southern limit is the Amazon River.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amazonas Department” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.