Putumayo (Spanish pronunciation: [putuˈmaʝo]) is a department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru...
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Japurá River. The Putumayo River forms part of Colombia's border with Ecuador, as well as most of the border with Peru. Known as the Putumayo within these...
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Putumayo may refer to: Putumayo Department, Colombia Putumayo Province, Loreto Region, Peru Putumayo District, Putumayo Province, Loreto Region, Peru...
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The Putumayo genocide (Spanish: genocidio del Putumayo) refers to the severe exploitation and subsequent ethnocide of the indigenous population in the...
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all Indigenous languages. Guyana: Recognizes most Indigenous languages. Colombia: Local recognition at the department level. Canada: Bill C-91 Indigenous...
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Amazon natural region (redirect from Amazonia Region (Colombia))
Colombia comprises the departments of Amazonas, Caquetá, Guainía, Guaviare, Putumayo and Vaupés, and covers an area of 483,000 km2, 35% of Colombia's...
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in the world. The main rivers of Colombia are Magdalena, Cauca, Guaviare, Atrato, Meta, Putumayo and Caquetá. Colombia has four main drainage systems:...
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the name of his company, Putumayo, from Colombia's Putumayo River Valley where he travelled in 1974. Putumayo is said to mean a heron and "the place where...
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Miguel) is a river in Colombia and Ecuador. It is a sub-tributary of the Solimões River (middle course of the Amazon) via the Putumayo River. The 295-km long...
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The Colombianization of Leticia, Putumayo and Caquetá is the name used to designate a process of transculturation or acculturation of the areas recognized...
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Mocoa (redirect from Mocoa, Putumayo)
and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia. The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the...
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the banks of the Putumayo River, stopped several large trade ships from traveling to Leticia. The result was an explosion of Colombian patriotism. Laureano...
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September 2010, FARC-EP attacks in the Nariño Department and Putumayo Department in southern Colombia killed some fifty policemen and soldiers in hit-and-run...
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- Peru Putumayo - Colombia, Peru, Brazil Juruá - Peru, Brazil Caquetá - Colombia, Brazil Purus - Peru, Brazil Rio Negro - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil...
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2017 Mocoa landslide (redirect from Putumayo mudslide)
rain triggered flash flooding and landslides in the city of Mocoa, Putumayo, Colombia, killing at least 336 people, injuring 400, and leaving 200 others...
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Indigenous peoples of Colombia are the ethnic groups who have inhabited Colombia since before the Spanish colonization of Colombia, in the early 16th century...
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Tumaco and Riohacha, as well as the return of Putumayo, Barranquilla, Cúcuta, Caldas and Caquetá. Putumayo last competed in 2000; Barranquilla competed...
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The great majority of coca cultivation takes place in the departments of Putumayo, Caquetá, Meta, Guaviare, Nariño, Antioquia, and Vichada. Before the 1990s...
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Putumayo, San Andrés y Providencia, Vaupés, and Vichada. Regions of Colombia Departments of Colombia Municipalities of Colombia Districts of Colombia...
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expel the Colombians from the Putumayo region. The settlements of La Reserva, La Union, and El Dorado were the last significant Colombian settlements...
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Departments of Colombia refer to the administrative divisions of Colombia. As of 2024[update], the unitary republic is made up of thirty-two departments...
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Islands. The majority of Colombians speak Spanish (see also Colombian Spanish), but in total 90 languages are listed for Colombia in the Ethnologue database...
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Suruma Museum (category Buildings and structures in Putumayo Department)
(Spanish: Museo Suruma) is a museum located in the Department of Putumayo, southwestern Colombia. The museum is dedicated to exhibiting the archaeological findings...
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The Flag of the Department of Putumayo is a flag symbol of the Department of Putumayo, southern Colombia. The flag is a rectangle with horizontal tricolored...
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ˈindjas] ), is a city and one of the major ports on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region, along the Caribbean sea. Cartagena's past...
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their support for Plan Colombia. In May 2000, paramilitary commander "Yair" from the Putumayo Southern Bloc, himself a former Colombian special forces sergeant...
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The Republic of Colombia is situated largely in the north-west of South America, with some territories falling within the boundaries of Central America...
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has enabled Colombia to become a net oil exporter since 1986. The Transandino pipeline transports oil from Orito in the Department of Putumayo to the Pacific...
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fɾanˈsisko]) is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, Republic of Colombia. 1°10′29″N 76°52′47″W / 1.17472°N 76.87972°W / 1.17472;...
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The Vortex (novel) (category Putumayo genocide)
during Tomás Funes reign of terror. While the second region is in the Putumayo, controlled by Julio César Arana. The author, José Eustasio Rivera personally...
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