Amazonas Department

For the department of Peru, see Amazonas Region.

Department of Amazonas Departamento del Amazonas
—  Department  —
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Entre todos podemos (Spanish: All of us, can)
Anthem: Himno del Amazonas
Amazonas shown in red
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonía Region
Established	October 5, 1991
Capital	Leticia
Government
• Governor	Felix Francisco Acosta Soto (Partido Convergencia Ciudadana)
Area
• Total	109,665 km2 (42,342 sq mi)
Area rank	1
Population (2005)
• Total	56,036
• Rank	30
• Density	0.51/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-AMA
Provinces
Municipalities
Website	www.amazonas.gov.co

Amazonas is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a large part of the department.

Local market at the shore of the Amazon River, Department of Amazonas, Colombia

Municipalities and communities

1. El Encanto
2. La Chorrera
3. La Pedrera
4. La Victoria
5. Leticia
6. Mirití-Paraná
7. Puerto Alegría
8. Puerto Arica
9. Puerto Nariño
10. Puerto Santander
11. Tarapacá

Municipalities of Amazonas

External links

• Amazonas travel guide from Wikitravel
• (Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

• [1] Essential Travel Information to Leticia and its Surroundings