Vaupés Department

Department of Vaupés Departamento del Vaupés
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Vaupés shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 1°12′N 70°10′W
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonía Region
Established	July 4, 1991
Capital	Mitú
Area [1][2]
• Total	54,135 km^2 (20,902 sq mi)
Population  (2013)[3]
• Total	42,817
• Density	0.79/km^2 (2.0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-VAU
Municipalities	6
Website	www.vaupes.gov.co

Vaupés is a department in Colombia. Its capital is Mitú. It borders Brazil on the east.

Because of its location in the Amazon jungle, it has no roads connecting it with the rest of the country or internally from settlement to settlement. Commerce and contact with the outside world is done through travel along the main rivers and by means of air travel. Several of the small settlements have airstrips with service to the department's capital, Mitú.^[4]

Administrative divisions

Because of its small population and vast extension of land, Vaupés only has 3 municipalities. Other sections of the Department were classified as an especial type of Corregimiento, which has certain hybrid functions.

Municipalities

1. Caruru
2. Mitú
3. Taraira

Department Corregimientos

1. Pacoa
2. Papunahua
3. Yavarate

Municipal Corregimientos

1. Acaricuara
2. Villa Fátima

References

1. "Nuestro Departamento: Información general". Gobernación del Vaupés. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
2. "Vaupés, Department of". Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. 2012. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
3. "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
4. ["Finagro; Vaupes Department" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2020-03-20. (in Spanish) Finagro; Vaupes Department]