Caquetá Department

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Department of Caquetá
Departamento del Caquetá

Department of Colombia
Image:Flag of Caquetá.svg Image:Blank.png Flag of the Department of Caquetá Coat of arms of the Department of Caquetá
Motto: All, For a Better Caqueta (Spanish: Todos por un Caquetá mejor)
Image:Republic of Colombia - Caqueta.png The Department of Caquetá shown in red
Established	1982
Region	Amazonas Region
Capital	Florencia
Number of Municipalities	15
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Juan Carlos Claros Pinzon [[]]
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 3 88,965 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 24 404,896[1] 5.2/km²
ISO_Code	CO-CAQ
Government's Website: www.gobernaciondecaqueta.gov.co

Caquetá is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, southern Colombia, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas and Putumayo to the south covering a total area of 88,965 km², 3rd largest in Colombia. Its capital is the city of Florencia.

[edit] Municipalities

1. Albania
2. Belén de Andaquies
3. Cartagena de Chairá
4. Curillo
5. El Doncello
6. El Paujil
7. Florencia
8. La Montañita
9. Milán
10. Morelia
11. Puerto Rico
12. San José de la Fragua
13. San Vicente del Caguán
14. Solano
15. Solita
16. Valparaíso

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Government of Caquetá official website
• (Spanish) Secretary of Health of Caquetá
• (Spanish) [http://www.micaqueta.com/ Portal de información recreativa y cultural de Florencia

y el Departamento del Caquetá.] Caqueta travel guide from Wikitravel

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