Vaupés Department

E327683
department of Colombia

Vaupés Department is a sparsely populated, heavily forested administrative region in southeastern Colombia known for its Indigenous communities, river networks, and biodiversity within the Amazon rainforest.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Vaupés Department canonical 12
Departamento del Vaupés 1
Department of Vaupés 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia ⓘ
administrativeCenter Mitú ⓘ
bordersWith Amazonas Department (Colombia) ⓘ
surface form: Amazonas Department

Brazil ⓘ
Caquetá Department ⓘ
Guainía Department ⓘ
Guaviare Department ⓘ
capital Mitú ⓘ
characteristic heavily forested ⓘ
high biodiversity ⓘ
large Indigenous population ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
climate humid tropical ⓘ
contains Indigenous reserves ⓘ
river networks ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
ecosystemType tropical rainforest ⓘ
governingBody Departmental government of Vaupés ⓘ
hasBiodiversityFeature diverse freshwater fish species ⓘ
high plant diversity ⓘ
rich birdlife ⓘ
hasCulturalCharacteristic strong Indigenous traditions ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguages Arawakan languages ⓘ
Nadahup languages ⓘ
Tucanoan languages ⓘ
hasMainEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
small-scale forestry ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Apaporis River ⓘ
Caquetá River ⓘ
Vaupés River ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly rural ⓘ
hasProtectedAreas Amazon forest reserves ⓘ
hasSettlementType department ⓘ
locatedIn Amazon rainforest ⓘ
Orinoquía region of Colombia ⓘ
surface form: Orinoquía–Amazonía region of Colombia

southeastern Colombia ⓘ
partOf Amazon Basin ⓘ
subdivisionOf Colombia ⓘ
timeZone America/Bogota ⓘ
surface form: Colombia Standard Time
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombian Amazon region → contains → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Rio Negro → flowsThroughDepartment → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Kurripako language → spokenIn → Vaupés Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaupés region
Departamento de Meta → hasBorderWith → Vaupés Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Departamento del Vaupés
Guaviare Department → borders → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Caquetá Department → borderingDepartment → Vaupés Department ⓘ
southern Colombia → hasPart → Vaupés Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Colombia
this entity surface form: Department of Vaupés
Mitú → isCapitalOf → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Mitú → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Mitú → departmentCapitalOf → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Cubeo people → primaryResidence → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Yaigojé Apaporis National Natural Park → locatedIn → Vaupés Department ⓘ
eastern Colombia → containsDepartment → Vaupés Department ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Colombia
Apaporis River → flowsThrough → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Eastern Plains of Colombia → containsDepartment → Vaupés Department ⓘ
Amazonas → borderedBy → Vaupés Department ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vaupés Department (Colombia)