Vichada

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Vichada
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Capital Puerto Carreño
governor Luis Carlos Álvarez Morales (2016-2019)
surface 100,242 km²
Population  (Total)
 - 2005 Census
 -  Population Density 		 
55,872 
0.6 inhabitants / km²
urbanization 15.2%
Literacy rate 65.2%
Number of parishes 4th
Popular name
Important cities Cumaribo , La Primavera
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Location of Vichada in Colombia

The Departamento del Vichada is an administrative area in eastern Colombia . The then largely covered by tropical forest area was established in 1913 as a so-called "Commissariat" ( Comisaría ) and in 1991 elevated to the rank of department . It is bordered to the north and east by Venezuela , the south with the departments of Guainía and Guaviare , in the west of Meta and northwest are Casanare and Arauca .

Named after the then Colombian Prime Minister Pedro María Carreño, the main town founded in 1913 ( municipality ( municipality ) since 1954 , official capital since 1991) of Vichada, which essentially consists of an airfield with surrounding administrative buildings and settlements, bears the name Puerto Carreño.

Agriculture and cattle farming are the economic pillars of the region. There are corn , yuca , plantains and cocoa grown on acid soils inferior. Hunting , fishing and iron and uranium also play an important role in mining .

The majority of the population are indigenous people from various tribes. The Tuparro National Park is well worth a visit .

Administrative division

The Departamento de Vichada consists of four municipalities ( Municipio ) due to the low population . The following lists the municipalities with their total population figures from the census of the Colombian statistical office DANE from 2005, extrapolated for 2018.

local community Population 2018
Coumaribo 39,549
La Primavera 17,026
Puerto Carreño 16,504
Santa Rosalía 4,197

Individual evidence

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