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Encyclopedia > Putumayo Department
Putumayo
Department of Colombia
Bandera de Putumayo Escudo de Putumayo
( Detail) ( Detail)
Motto:
Location of Putumayo
Capital Mocoa
Governor
Area 24,885 km²
Population
 - Total (2003)
 - Density		  
378,483
15 people/km²
Adjective

Putumayo is a department of Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Putumayo_Department. ... Image File history File links blank picture File links The following pages link to this file: Antioquia Boyacá Cundinamarca Bolívar Department Santander Department Atlántico Magdalena Department Amazonas Department, Colombia Arauca Caquetá Casanare Cauca Cesar Chocó Córdoba Department Guainía Guaviare Huila Department Guajira Department Meta Department Nari... Image File history File links Flag_of_Putumayo_Department. ... Image File history File links blank picture File links The following pages link to this file: Antioquia Boyacá Cundinamarca Bolívar Department Santander Department Atlántico Magdalena Department Amazonas Department, Colombia Arauca Caquetá Casanare Cauca Cesar Chocó Córdoba Department Guainía Guaviare Huila Department Guajira Department Meta Department Nari... A motto is a phrase or a short list of words meant formally to describe the general motivation or intention of an entity, social group, or organization. ... Image File history File links Putumayo,_Colombia_(localización). ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of capital) is the principal city or town associated with a countrys government. ... Mocoa is the capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... An adjective is a part of speech which modifies a noun, usually describing it or making its meaning more specific. ... Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Mocoa is the capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia. ...


The word putumayo comes from the Quechua language. The verb putuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayo is a variant of mayu, meaning river. Thus it means "gushing river". Quechua (Standard Quechua, Runasimi Language of People) is an Native American language of South America. ...


Municipalities

  1. Colón
  2. Mocoa
  3. Orito
  4. Puerto Asís
  5. Puerto Caicedo
  6. Puerto Guzmán
  7. Puerto Leguízamo
  8. San Francisco
  9. Santiago
  10. Sibundoy
  11. Valle del Guamez
  12. Villa Garzón
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Amazonas • Antioquia • Arauca • Atlántico • Bolívar • Boyacá • Caldas • Caquetá • Casanare • Cauca • Cesar • Chocó • Córdoba • Cundinamarca • Guainía • Guajira • Guaviare • Huila • Magdalena • Meta • Nariño • Norte de Santander • Putumayo • Quindío • Risaralda • San Andrés and Providencia • Santander • Sucre • Tolima • Valle del Cauca • Vaupés • Vichada Mocoa is the capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia. ... Camsá (also Sibundoy, Coche, Kamsá, Kamemtxa, Kamse, Camëntsëá) is a language isolate of Colombia. ... Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by 32 departments (Spanish: departamentos, sing. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1867x1977, 1421 KB) Summary Sumario Nuevo escudo de Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Leticia Governor José Tomás Quiñónez Núñez Area 109,665 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   80,360 0. ... Motto: Capital Medellín Governor Area 63,612 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   5,750,478 90 people/km² Adjective antioqueño Antioquia was one of the states in the original United States of Colombia, and is now a department in the northwest part of the Republic of Colombia. ... Categories: Departments of Colombia | Stub ... Motto: Capital Barranquilla Governor Carlos Rodado Noriega Area 3,388 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   2,365,663 698 people/km² Adjective Atlanticense Atlantico (Spanish: Atlántico) is a department of Colombia. ... Bolívar is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Tunja Governor Jorge Eduardo Londoño Area 23,189 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,411,239 61 people/km² Adjective Boyaca (Spanish: Boyacá) is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. Boyacá is centrally located within Colombia, almost... Motto: Capital Manizales Governor Area 7,291 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,170,187 160 people/km² Adjective Caldas is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Florencia Governor Area 88,965 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   463,333 5. ... Motto: Capital Yopal Governor Area 44,640 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   325,713 7. ... Motto: Capital Popayán Governor Area 29,308 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,363,054 46. ... Motto: Capital Valledupar Governor Area 22,905 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,050,303 46 people/km² Adjective Cesar is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Quibdó Governor Area 46,530 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   413,173 8,9 people/km² Adjective chocoano Chocó is a department of Colombia. ... Córdoba is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Bogotá Governor Area 22,623 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   2,349,578 104 people/km² Adjective Cundinamarca is a department of Colombia, one of the original nine states of the United States of Colombia. The name of Cundinamarca comes from Kundur Marca, an indigenous expression used in... Motto: Capital Puerto Inírida Governor Area 72,238 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   43,314 0,6 people/km² Adjective Guainía is a department of Colombia. ... La Guajira is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital San José del Guaviare Governor Area 53,460 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   133,236 2,5 people/km² Adjective Guaviare is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Neiva Governor Area 19,890 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   994,218 50 people/km² Adjective huilense Huila is one of the departments of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Santa Marta Governor Area 23,188 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,403,318 60 people/km² Adjective Magdalena is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Villavicencio Governor Area 85,635 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   771,089 9 people/km² Adjective The Meta is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Pasto Governor Area 33,268 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,775,139 53 people/km² Adjective nariñense Narino (Spanish: Nariño) is a department of Colombia named after Antonio Nariño. ... Motto: Capital Cúcuta Governor Area 21,658 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,493,932 69 people/km² Adjective nortesantanderiano Norte de Santander is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Joven Rico y Poderoso Capital Armenia Governor Area 1,845 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   613,375 332 people/km² Adjective quindiano Quindío is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Pereira Governor Area 4,140 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,024,362 247 people/km² Adjective risaraldense Risaralda is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital San Andrés Governor Area 52 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   83,491 1,600 people/km² Adjective San Andrés and Providencia (Spanish: San Andrés y Providencia) is one of the departments of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Bucaramanga Governor Area 30,537 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   2,085,084 68 people/km² Adjective santandereano Santander is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Sincelejo Governor Area 21,658 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,493,932 69 people/km² Adjective sucreno Sucre is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Ibagué Governor Area 23,562 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   1,312,972 204 people/km² Adjective tolimense Tolima is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Santiago de Cali Governor Angelino Garzon Area 22,140 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   4,524,678 204 people/km² Adjective vallecaucano Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. ... Motto: Capital Mitú Governor Area 54,135 km² Population  - Total (2003)  - Density   33,152 0. ... Categories: Departments of Colombia | Stub ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Print news - IPS Inter Press Service (1206 words)
Putumayo is one of the hottest areas in Colombia's four-decade armed conflict, and is the focal point of the government's U.S.-backed aerial spraying campaign against drug crops.
The police are present in 10 of the 13 municipal seats, and an army brigade and anti-narcotics battalion are active in the department.
The stated aim of the peace caravan is to draw attention to the effects of the spraying of illegal crops, drug trafficking, and the war on women, their families and the local economy, and to the violations of international humanitarian law by all of the armed parties involved in the conflict.
Foreign Policy (3681 words)
Putumayo takes its name from the river that crosses the department from west to east and serves as a natural border between Colombia and Ecuador and Peru.
Putumayo’s land and resources are being disputed by the guerrillas, the paramilitaries, and the Colombian government, which through Plan Colombia promotes United States interests such as market penetration for its products and access to raw materials, particularly minerals and the rainforest canopy.
He reportedly was incarcerated because he refused to pay 25 million pesos to the police commander of the department of Putumayo, since he already had paid that sum to the local police commander.
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