Coumaribo

Coumaribo
Coordinates: 4 ° 26 ′ N , 69 ° 48 ′ W Cumaribo on the map of Colombia	Coumaribo
	Coumaribo
	Location of the municipality of Cumarindo on the map of Vichada
Basic data
Country	Colombia
Department	Vichada
City foundation	1959
Residents	40,490 (2019)
	City insignia
Detailed data
surface	65,674 km 2
Population density	1 inhabitant / km 2
height	125 m
Waters	Río Vichada
Post Code	991001
City Presidency	Hermenegildo Beltrán Sosa (2016-2019)
Website	cumaribo-vichada.gov.co
	Coumaribo
	Sunset on the Río Vichada

Cumaribo is a Colombian municipality ( municipality ) in the Vichada department . It is on the border with Venezuela . With an area of 65,674 km², Cumaribo is the largest municipality in Colombia, with an area larger than that of Israel and Switzerland combined.

In March 2011, 23 local employees of a Talisman Energy subsidiary were kidnapped near Cumaribo .

The security situation in the area is poor (currently March 2011). According to government reports, there is activity by the FARC and various criminal gangs.

geography

Cumaribo is at an altitude of about 125 meters. The municipality borders in the north on Santa Rosalía , La Primavera and Puerto Carreño , in the south on Inírida , Barranco Minas and Mapiripana in the Departamento de Guainía and on San José del Guaviare in the Departamento del Guaviare , in the west on Mapiripán and Puerto Gaitán in the Department del Meta and to the east to the state of Amazonas in Venezuela .

population

The municipality of Cumaribo has 40,490 inhabitants, of whom 7940 live in the urban part (cabecera municipal) of the municipality.

Infrastructure

Cumaribo has a small airfield that is approached from Villavicencio and Puerto Carreño . There is a bad road connection, which is not passable in the rainy season, to Puerto Gaitán . The Río Vichada is navigable up to the Orinoco , on which regular liners operate.

Web links

Commons : Cumaribo - collection of images, videos and audio files

Alcaldia de Cumaribo. Alcaldía de Cumaribo - Vichada, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, website of the municipality of Cumaribo).

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c Air Force searches for kidnapped oil workers. In: Spiegel Online . March 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2011 .
↑ Miguel Ángel Espinosa: Lo difícil de vivir en Cumaribo, el municipio más grande de Colombia. In: El Tiempo . April 20, 2018, Retrieved May 3, 2019 (Spanish).
↑ ^a ^b Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Cumaribo - Vichada, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).
↑ ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).

[Erdöl-1] Air Force searches for kidnapped oil workers. In: Spiegel Online . March 8, 2011, accessed March 8, 2011 .

[2] Miguel Ángel Espinosa: Lo difícil de vivir en Cumaribo, el municipio más grande de Colombia. In: El Tiempo . April 20, 2018, Retrieved May 3, 2019 (Spanish).

[municipio-3] Nuestro municipio. Alcaldía de Cumaribo - Vichada, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, information on the municipality).

[4] ESTIMACIONES DE POBLACIÓN 1985 - 2005 Y PROYECCIONES DE POBLACIÓN 2005 - 2020 TOTAL DEPARTAMENTAL POR ÁREA. (Excel; 1.72 MB) DANE, May 11, 2011, accessed on May 3, 2019 (Spanish, extrapolation of the population of Colombia).