Amazonas department

For the former department of Peru, see Amazonas Department, Peru.

Amazonas Department 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	1st
Population (2013)
• Total	74,541
• Rank	30th
• Density	Bad rounding here0.68/km2 (Bad rounding here1.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-AMA
Provinces
Municipalities
Website	www.amazonas.gov.co

Department of Amazonas (Spanish: Departamento del 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

Wikivoyage has travel information related to: Amazonas

• (Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website
• Essential Travel Information to Leticia and its Surroundings