Putumayo Department

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Department of Putumayo
Departamento del Putumayo

Department of Colombia
Image:Flag of Putumayo.svg Image:Blank.png Flag of the Department of Putumayo Coat of arms of the Department of Putumayo
Image:Republic of Colombia - Putumayo.png Putumayo shown in red
Established	1991
Region	Amazonía Region
Capital	Mocoa
Number of Municipalities	13
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Jesús Fernando Checa Mora Colombian Liberal Party
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 16 24,885 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 25 299,286[1] 15/km²
ISO_Code	CO-NAR
Government's Website: www.putumayo.gov.co

Putumayo is a department of Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.

The word putumayo comes from the Quechua language. The verb putuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayo is a variant of mayu, meaning river. Thus it means "gushing river".

[edit] Municipalities

1. Colón
2. Mocoa
3. Orito
4. Puerto Asís
5. Puerto Caicedo
6. Puerto Guzmán
7. Puerto Leguízamo
8. San Francisco
9. San Miguel
10. Santiago
11. Sibundoy
12. Valle del Guamez
13. Villa Garzón

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Spanish) Government of Putumayo official website

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