Carurú

Carurú is a town and municipality located in the department of Vaupés, Colombia. The town is on the north bank of the Vaupés River in the Amazon natural region of the country.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Carurú
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality and town
Settlement.image_seal: Escudo_de_Carurú.svg
Settlement.image_map: Colombia - Vaupés - Carurú.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 250px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of the municipality and town of Carurú in Vaupés, Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_map: Colombia
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Colombia
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 25px Vaupés
Settlement.established_title: Erected
Settlement.established_date: 7 August 1993
Settlement.area_total_km2: 6982
Settlement.population_as_of: 2015
Settlement.population_total: 3327
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Encyclopedic overview

Carurú is a town and municipality located in the department of Vaupés, Colombia. The town is on the north bank of the Vaupés River in the Amazon natural region of the country.

The town is served by the Carurú Airport and there are no road connections to the rest of the country, the only waterway is the Vaupés River.

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