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The Amazonian Scientific Research Institute SINCHI (Spanish: Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI) is a non-profit research institute of the Government of Colombia charged with carrying out scientific investigations on matters relating to the Amazon Rainforest, the Amazon River and the Amazon Region of Colombia for its better understanding and protection.
Amazonas (Spanish pronunciation:) is a department of Southern Colombia. It is the largest department in area while having the third smallest population among the departments. Its capital is Leticia and its name comes from the Amazon River, which drains the department. It is made up entirely of Amazon Rainforest territory.
Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department of Colombia, located on the shore of the Amazon River. Puerto Nariño coves an area of 1,876 km 2 (724 sq mi). It has about 6,000 residents, most of them are indigenous (from the Ticuna tribe ) and its specificity is that it is entirely pedestrian, no car or motorcycle being ...
The Amazon Region of Colombia is part of the Amazon rainforest. Amazonía region in southern Colombia comprises the departments of Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo and Vaupés, and covers an area of 483,000 km 2, 35% of Colombia's total territory.
Leticia (Spanish pronunciation:) is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters (315') above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F).
Servicios Postales Nacionales is the company which operates as Colombia's official postal service under the name 4-72.The company assumed operations from the liquidated state company Adpostal in late 2006. [1]
This still from video shows Sen. Jeff Merkley as Senate Democrats begin their overnight marathon of speeches in protest of Russ Vought's nomination to lead the Office of Management and Budget on ...
The University of the Amazon (Spanish: Universidad de la Amazonia), also called Uniamazonía, is a national public university in Florencia, Caquetá, Colombia. The university is established by Act 60 of 1982 to contribute to the development of the Amazon region .