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Amazonas (Spanish pronunciation:) is a department of Southern Colombia in the south of the country. 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.
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. The region is mostly covered by tropical rainforest , or jungle, which is a part of the greater Amazon rainforest .
Departments are country subdivisions and are granted a certain degree of autonomy. Each department has a governor (gobernador) and an Assembly (Asamblea Departamental), elected by popular vote for a four-year period. The governor cannot be re-elected in consecutive periods. Departments are formed by a grouping of municipalities (municipios, sing.
Municipalities of Amazonas (Colombian department) (11 P) Pages in category "Populated places in the Amazonas (Colombian department)" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The list of Colombian departments by area lists the departments of Colombia according to their ... Department Area (km²) 1: Amazonas: 109,497 2: Vichada: ...
Tourist attractions in Amazonas (Colombian department) (1 P) Pages in category "Amazonas (Colombian department)" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Municipalities of Amazonas and its Non-municipalized areas. The Department of Amazonas is formed by 2 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento.
Amazonas Department may refer to: Amazonas (Colombian department), the Colombian department of Amazonas; Amazonas (Peruvian department), the Peruvian department of Amazonas; Department of Amazonas (Peru–Bolivian Confederation), the department of Amazonas in the extinct Peru-Bolivian Confederation