La Pedrera is a town and municipality in the southern
Colombian
Department of
Amazonas. The town in on the southern bank of the
Caquetá River Caquetá may refer to:
* Caquetá River, a river in Colombia
* Caquetá Territory, a former territory of Colombia
* Caquetá Department
Caquetá Department () is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders wit ...
, from the border with
Brazil
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.
It is served by
La Pedrera Airport
La Pedrera Airport ( es, Aeropuerto de La Pedrera) is an airport serving the Caquetá River town of La Pedrera in the Amazonas Department of Colombia.
The runway length does not include of unpaved overrun on the southeast end. The La Pedrera ...
.
Climate
La Pedrera has a
tropical rainforest climate
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(
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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 to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
Gobernacion del Amazonas, La Pedrera
Municipalities of Amazonas Department
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