Putumayo Department

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Putumayo
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Data
Capital Mocoa
governor Sorrel Parisa Aroca Rodríguez (2016-2019)
surface 24,885 km²
Population  (Total)
 - 2005 Census
 -  Population Density 		 
310,132 
12 inhabitants / km²
urbanization 83.3%
Literacy rate 81%
Number of parishes 13
Popular name
Important cities Orito , Puerto Asís
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Location of Putumayo in Colombia

The Departamento de Putumayo is a department on the southwestern edge of Colombia . It borders the states of Peru and Ecuador in the south and the four Colombian departments of Nariño in the west, Cauca (only ~ 50 km) and Caquetá in the north and the Amazon in the east on the other .

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The soils of the department are predestined for agriculture . Mainly corn , bananas , rice , sugar cane and yams are grown. The region is also rich in mineral resources, oil is extracted and there are gold and silver mines .

The La Paya National Park is located in Putumayo . The Río Putumayo forms the border with Ecuador and Peru .

Administrative division

The Departamento de Putumayo consists of 13 Municipios . The population figures are based on the 2005 DANE census and extrapolated for 2018.

local community Population 2018
Colón 5,651
Mocoa 44,631
Orito 56,365
Puerto Asís 62,232
Puerto Caicedo 14,729
Puerto Guzman 24,169
Puerto Leguízamo 15,380
San Francisco 7.190
San Miguel 28,329
Santiago 10,776
Sibundoy 14,396
Valle del Guamuez 53,649
Villagarzón 21,399

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extrapolation of the population of Colombia on the official DANE website

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