La Libertad, also recorded as , is a small indigenous village of the

Yagua people Yagua are an indigenous people in Colombia and northeastern Peru, numbering approximately 6,000. Currently, they live near the Amazon, Napo, Putumayo and Yavari rivers and their tributaries. As of 2005, some Yagua have migrated northward to C ...

located on the banks of the Amazon River, in

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. It is within the province of the Amazonas. It is located northwest of the city of

Leticia, Colombia Leticia () is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters ( ...

History

According to the village shaman Gustavo Cadenas, the first people (about 50) arrived in the settlement during 1992. Twenty years later the village numbered about 350 people, the majority being under the age of 18. At the 2018 census, the population was 313, with around half being under 20.

Economy

All established families have their own areas of cultivation, growing mostly bananas, plantain, yucca, and other assorted tropical fruits. They also rely on fish for a

staple food A staple food, food staple, or simply staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for an individual or a population group, supplying a large fraction of energy needs an ...

. The work of the villagers deals mostly with tourism, some guided, and handicrafts sold to tourists or to retailers in the city of Leticia.

References

Talk on Amazon Pueblo Project March 15, 2012 (Free Press Online)

The Amazon Pueblo Project May 15, 2012 (Rocky Coast News)

External links

http://www.selvatoursgustavo.com
{{coord, -3.9496, -70.1678, display=title Populated places in the Amazonas (Colombian department) Populated places established in 1992 1998 establishments in Colombia