El Encanto is a town and municipality in the ''
Amazonas Department
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'',
Colombia
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. It is located in the mouth of the
Caraparaná River, tributary of the
Putumayo River
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Course
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Içá
The Putumayo River or Içá River ( es, Río Putumayo, pt, Rio Içá) is one of the tributaries of the Amazon River, southwest of and parallel to the Japurá River.
Course
The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as wel ...
).
El Encanto can be reached by air or river. The local navy base has a runway available only to military and official planes, these were established during the
Colombia-Peru War. By river the closest towns with airport access are Puerto Arturo, Peru from downstream, and
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Putumayo Department
Putumayo () is a department of Southern 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 languages. The verb ''p'utuy'' means "to spring forth" ...
, Colombia) upstream.
The majority of inhabitants in the area are
Huitotos indigenous tribes. The municipality has an area of .
Climate
El Encanto has a
tropical rainforest climate
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* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author and ...
''Af'') with heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links
El Encanto official website
{{Municipalities amazonas department
Municipalities of Amazonas Department