Caquetá Department () is a
department
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Government and military
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of
Colombia
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. Located in the
Amazonas region
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With a lands ...
, Caquetá borders with the departments of
Cauca and
Huila to the west, the department of
Meta
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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, the
third largest in the country. Its capital is the city of
Florencia.
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Albania
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Belén de Andaquies
Belén Andaquies is a town and municipality in Caquetá Department, Colombia.
Climate
Belén de Andaqies has a very wet tropical rainforest climate
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Cartagena del Chairá
Cartagena del Chairá () is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Caquetá. The town gained notoriety during the failed FARC-Government peace process (1999-2002) between the Government of Colombia and the guerrilla group Revolut ...
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Curillo
Curillo is a town and municipality
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El Doncello
El Doncello is a town and municipality
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El Paujil
El Paujil is a town and municipality
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Florencia
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La Montañita
La Montañita is a town and municipality
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Milán
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Morelia
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San José del Fragua
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San Vicente del Caguán
San Vicente del Caguán () is a town and municipality in Amazonian Caquetá Department, southern Colombia.
Religion
Its Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy) is the cathedral episcopal see of t ...
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Solano
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Solita
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Valparaíso
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See also
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Caquetá Territory
The Caquetá Territory ( es, Territorio del Caquetá) was a national territory of the Republic of New Granada and the subsequent states of the Granadine Confederation and the United States of Colombia from 1845 to 1886. Its capital was Mocoa.
Hi ...
References
External links
Government of Caquetá official websiteSecretary of Health of CaquetáPortal de información recreativa y cultural de Florencia y el Departamento del Caquetá.Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website
Portal Positivo del Caquetá
Clasificados del Caquetá
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Departments of Colombia
States and territories established in 1982