Caquetá Department

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Caquetá Department is a large, sparsely populated region in southern Colombia known for its Amazon rainforest landscapes, biodiversity, and history of armed conflict and deforestation pressures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia
administrativeDivisionOf Colombia
borderingCountry Brazil
Peru
borderingDepartment Amazonas Department (Colombia)
surface form: Amazonas Department

Cauca Department
Guainía Department
Guaviare Department
Huila Department
Meta Department
Putumayo Department
Vaupés Department
capital Florencia
containsCity Florencia
containsMunicipality Albania
Belén de los Andaquíes
Cartagena del Chairá
Curillo
Doncello
El Paujíl
Florencia
La Montañita
Milan
Morelia
Puerto Rico
San José del Fragua
San Vicente del Caguán
Solano
Solita
Valparaíso
containsProtectedArea Alto Fragua Indi-Wasi National Natural Park
Cordillera de los Picachos National Natural Park
Chiribiquete National Natural Park
surface form: Serranía de Chiribiquete National Natural Park
country Colombia
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasExecutiveHead Governor of Caquetá
hasISO3166-2Code CO-CAQ
hasLegislature Departmental Assembly of Caquetá
historicallyAffectedBy Colombian armed conflict
knownFor Amazon rainforest landscapes
biodiversity
cattle ranching
deforestation pressures
history of armed conflict
largestCity Florencia
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
locatedInRegion Colombian Amazon region
surface form: Amazon region of Colombia
majorRiver Caguán River
Caquetá River
Orteguaza River
namedAfter Caquetá River
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Amazon rainforest
sovereignState Colombia
surface form: Republic of Colombia
timeZone America/Bogota
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
utcOffset UTC−05:00

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Meta Department borderedBy Caquetá Department
Huila Department bordersWith Caquetá Department
Colombian Amazon region contains Caquetá Department
Departamento de Meta hasBorderWith Caquetá Department
this entity surface form: Departamento de Caquetá
Guaviare Department borders Caquetá Department
Putumayo Department bordersDepartment Caquetá Department
southern Colombia hasPart Caquetá Department
subject surface form: Southern Colombia
this entity surface form: Department of Caquetá
Cauca Department borders Caquetá Department
Inga populationDistribution Caquetá Department
Cauca borders Caquetá Department
Chiribiquete National Natural Park locatedIn Caquetá Department
Vaupés Department bordersWith Caquetá Department