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Brazil–Colombia Border
The border between Brazil and Colombia is long. The boundary was delimited in two treaties: *the Vásquez Cobo-Martins treaty of 1907, establishing the line from the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro northwestward along the Amazon River-Orinoco watershed divide, "then generally southward along various river courses and straight-line segments to the mouth of the Apaporis River",Brazil-Colombia boundary , International Boundary Study, April 15, 1985. and *the ''Tratado de Límites y Navegación Fluvial'' of 1928, delimiting the Apaporis-Amazon segment of the boundary as a "geodesic line identical to its Brazilian-Peruvian antecedent after Colombia gained undisputed sovereignty over the area". Border towns *: Tabatinga, Benjamin Const ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mapa De La Frontera Brasil-Colombia
Mapa or MAPA may refer to: People * Alec Mapa (born 1965), American actor, comedian and writer * Dennis Mapa (born 1969), Filipino economist and statistician * Jao Mapa (born 1976), Filipino actor * Placido Mapa Jr. (born 1932), Filipino businessman, economist, and government official * Suraj Mapa (born 1980), Sri Lankan actor * Victorino Mapa (1855–1927), Filipino chief justice and government official Other uses * Mapa (song), "Mapa" (song), a 2021 song by SB19 * Mexican American Political Association * Mapa (publisher), an Israeli subsidiary of Ituran * Mapa Group, a Turkish conglomerate * Mapa, a company producing latex gloves that merged with Hutchinson SA in 1973 * Most Affected People and Areas, a climate justice concept See also * * Mappa (other) * Mapah (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borders Of Brazil
The borders of Brazil are the international borders that Brazil shares with neighbouring countries. Brazil has terrestrial boundaries with nine countries of South America, and with the French Department of Guiana. Brazil has borders with every country in South America with the exception of Chile and Ecuador, totalling . Brazil has the world's third longest land border, behind China and Russia. Bordering countries The lengths of the borders Brazil shares with different countries, running counter-clockwise around Brazil from French Guiana to Uruguay, are listed below: Brazil's coastline with the Atlantic Ocean is 7,491 km, which is more than twice the length of its border with Bolivia, the longest land border. Border disputes With Bolivia * Isla Suárez (Bolivian name), or Ilha de Guajará-mirim (Brazilian name), a river island on the Mamoré River is claimed by both Bolivia and Brazil. With Uruguay * A triangular region, named ''Rincão de Artigas'' in Portuguese, is controlle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil–Colombia Border
The border between Brazil and Colombia is long. The boundary was delimited in two treaties: *the Vásquez Cobo-Martins treaty of 1907, establishing the line from the Rio Negro (Amazon), Rio Negro northwestward along the Amazon River-Orinoco watershed divide, "then generally southward along various river courses and straight-line segments to the mouth of the Apaporis River",Brazil-Colombia boundary , International Boundary Study, April 15, 1985. and *the ''Tratado de Límites y Navegación Fluvial'' of 1928, delimiting the Apaporis-Amazon segment of the boundary as a "geodesic line identical to its Brazilian-Peruvian antecedent after Colombia gained undisputed sovereignty over the area". Border towns *: Tabatinga, Benjamin Const ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Guadalupe
La Guadalupe () is a village and municipality in the Guainía Department, Colombia. La Guadalupe borders the corregimiento ''Corregimiento'' (; ca, Corregiment, ) is a Spanish term used for country subdivisions for royal administrative purposes, ensuring districts were under crown control as opposed to local elites. A ''corregimiento'' was usually headed by a '' corr ... of San Felipe on the north, Brazil on the south and west, and Venezuela on the East. References {{Guainía-geo-stub Municipalities of Guainía Department Populated places on the Rio Negro (Amazon) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taraira
Taraira is a town and municipality located in the Vaupés Department, Republic of Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car .... References Taraira Municipalities of Vaupés Department {{Vaupés-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitú
Mitú () is the capital town of the department of Vaupés in Colombia. It is a small town located in South eastern Colombia in the Amazon Basin. Founded in 1936, Mitú lies next to the Vaupés River at 180 meters above sea level. It is where the core of the services (transport and trade) are provided to the Vaupés Department. The Vaupés River serves as connecting link between Mitú and nearby hamlets on the riverbanks, but there are no roads connecting the town to rest of the country. Accessible only by airplane and sea, Mitú is the most isolated capital in Colombia. History The founding of Mitú can be traced to the rivalry between Brazilians and Colombians exploiting rubber in the basins and ranges of the upper Guainía and Apaporis rivers. By 1903 there was an intense activity exploiting rubber in the area around the Vaupés river using the local Indians, of the ethnic groups tucano and carijonas, as slaves. Mitú was erected as a modest hamlet in October 1936 by Migu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Pedrera, Amazonas
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, from the border with Brazil. It is served by La Pedrera Airport. Climate La Pedrera has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * 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 {{AmazonasCO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarapacá, Amazonas
Tarapacá is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. The town is served by Tarapacá Airport. History Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the Salomón-Lozano Treaty. These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru. Places with the same name * Nuevo Tarapacá, Peru * San Lorenzo de Tarapacá, Chile * Tarapacá Region, Chile See also * Peru-Colombia War *War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ... References External links Government of Amazonas Department, Tarapacá Municipalities of Amazonas Department Populated places established in 1909 1909 establishments in Colombia Road-inaccessible communities of Colombia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leticia, Amazonas
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 (315') above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F). Leticia has long been Colombia's shipping point for tropical fish for the aquarium trade. Leticia has approximately 48,144 inhabitants on the left bank of the Amazon river, and is located at the point where Colombia, Brazil and Peru come together in an area called Tres Fronteras. A long-standing border dispute involving Leticia, between Colombia and Peru, was decided in 1934 by the League of Nations after these two nations were engulfed in an armed conflict known as the Colombia-Peru War. History Early history and etymology Early Leticia history mentions a Portuguese explorer who, after becoming lost on the Amazon, died of starvation at the present site of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cucui
Cocuy () is a liquor distilled from the fermented juices of the head, body or leaves of ''Agave cocui'' ("green agave"),Diaz M. (2003) ''El Programa Agave: Ciencia y Tecnologia al servicio del hombre de las Zona Aridas''. Edic.FUNDACITE Falcon. pp. 37. Caracas. produced artisanally in the Venezuelan regions of Falcón and Lara. With a taste similar to other agave-based liquors such as tequila and mezcal, it is known as the ''Tequila of Venezuela''. Long considered a cheap rural drink ( moonshine), since the 2013 collapse of the Venezuelan economy its popularity has boomed compared to more expensive imported competitors. The liquor has become popular even in Caracas, with trendy bars serving cocuy-based cocktails. Both the plant and their products have been declared by the government as part of the cultural and natural heritage of Falcón and Lara, and the cultural and ancestral heritage of Venezuela as a whole. History Already in pre-Columbian times, in the semi-arid Cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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