La Primavera (literally meaning “The Spring” in

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) is a town and municipality located in the Department of Vichada, Colombia.

History

La Primavera was founded by colonizers from other regions of Colombia on 15 July 1959. In 1968 La Primavera became a

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Inspection site and in 1972 it became a

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. In 1987 La Primavera became a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

, the second in the then Commissary of Vichada. In 1991, the Commissary of Vichada became the Department of Vichada and La Primavera one of its municipalities.

Geography

The municipality of La Primavera borders to the north with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela with the

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as boundary; to the east with the municipality of

Puerto Carreño Puerto Carreño () is the departmental capital, and a municipality, of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia. History In 1913 the Colombian government created the province (comisaria) of Vichada and it was decided that its capital ...

; to the south with the municipality of

Cumaribo Cumaribo is a town and municipality located in the Department of Vichada, Republic of Colombia. Cumaribo was founded by Jose Nicolino Mattar in 1959. In 2005 the municipality had an estimated total population of 28,718 inhabitants, 4,312 of t ...

and to the west with the municipality of Santa Rosalia. The geography of La Primavera is predominantly flat as part of the Orinoquia region in the Llanos plains. The region is crossed by numerous rivers affluents of the

Meta River The Meta River is a major left tributary of the Orinoco River in eastern Colombia and southern Venezuela, South America. The Meta originates in the Eastern Ranges of the Andes and flows through the Meta Department, Colombia as the confluence of ...

basin. The municipality has a total area of and the seat of the municipality covers an area of .

Climate

La Primavera has a

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(

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''Am'') with heavy rainfall from April to November and little to very little rain from December to March.

Economy

Ranching is the main economic activity in the municipality of La Primavera. Agriculture is practiced for subsistence and produces mainly

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and

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. The municipality is developing its

artisan fishing Artisanal fishing (or traditional/subsistence fishing) consists of various small-scale, low-technology, low-capital, fishing practices undertaken by individual fishing households (as opposed to commercial fishing). Many of these households are ...

, commercializing some 30 varieties of fish for export to the Colombian capital city Bogotá. The government is studying the possibility of exploiting titanium deposits and exploring oil fields. La Primavera: Economy

References

External links

La Primavera official website
Municipalities of Vichada Department 1959 establishments in Colombia {{Vichada-geo-stub