Isla Ratón (Ratón Island) is a Venezuelan town, capital of the municipality amazonense de
Autana. It is also a 40 km² fluvial island located in the course of the
Orinoco River
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers approximately 1 million km2, with 65% of it in Venezuela and 35% in Colombia. It is the List of rivers by discharge, f ...
right next to the municipality of
Puerto Carreño
Puerto Carreño (), translation is the departmental capital city, and a municipality combined of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia located on the Orinoco River. Puerto Carreño is best-known as a tourist gateway to hundreds ...
in the Department of
Vichada in the Republic of
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
.
With a population of 12,612 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census, it is the fourth most inhabited municipality after
Atures. The town is called "Ratón del Carmen" and has a mayor's office, prefecture, rural medicine, malariology, cultural houses, plazas, courts, a church, schools, high schools, markets and shops.
History
Isla Ratón was a community of few inhabitants, founded by Pedro Loroima and other companions in 1943. After its foundation, it grew until it formed a community that today has become a habitable, walkable town and one of the connectors with the other municipalities of the state.
Culture
It is made up of multi-ethnic peoples such as the
Curripacos,
Piaroa
The Piaroa people, known among themselves as the ''Huottüja'' or ''De'aruhua'', are a South American indigenous ethnic group of the middle Orinoco Basin in present-day Colombia and Venezuela, living in an area larger than Belgium, roughly circ ...
,
Criollos
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, and Jivi, amongst others.
Economy
The Colombian Peso is widely used and Colombian products are mostly sold as well as
Colombian telecommunications services.
See also
*
List of cities and towns in Venezuela
This is a list of cities, towns and communities in Venezuela. The state capitals are marked with a *.
List
See also
* List of cities in Venezuela by population, a list that only includes cities with no less than 100,000 residents in ...
Populated places in Amazonas (Venezuelan state)
River islands of Venezuela
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