Arauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela. Its capital is Arauca. The Caño Limón oil fields account for 30% of Colombian oil output Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Arauca is the capital of the department of Colombia also known as Arauca. ... Caño Limón is an oil field in Arauca, Colombia, on the border of Venezuela. ... Drilling rig in a small oil field Near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 An oil field is an area with an abundance of oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. ... Oil is a generic term for organic liquids that are not miscible with water. ...
Arauca is now the most violent province in one of the most violent countries in the world.
Arauca province was first populated in the 1940s and 1950s by waves of refugees fleeing a period of bloody civil war known simply as La Violencia--the violence.
Arauca's dirt roads are scenes of misery, with trucks piled high with furniture, farm animals and families fleeing violence.