Putumayo Department
Putumayo is located in the southwestern part of the country, in the Amazon region. Its capital is Mocoa. It is a great destination for ecotourism.
The department of Putumayo is located in the southwestern part of the country, in the Amazon region. Its capital is Mocoa.
It borders the north with Cauca and Caquetá, to the east with Amazonas, to the south with Peru and Ecuador, and to the west with Nariño.
Located between 0°40′ south latitude and 1°25′ north latitude and between 73°50′ and 77°10′ west of Greenwich.
The Department receives its name from the Putumayo River, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon River.
Since it belongs to the Colombian Amazon region, it is a department rich in biodiversity and a great destination for ecotourism.
IMPORTANT DATA
CAPITAL
MOCOA
POPULATION
358,896
GENTILICIO
PUTUMAYENSE
SURFACE AREA
24,885 km²
GOVERNOR
Jhon Gabriel Molina Acosta
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Map of the Department of Putumayo
Following are the municipalities of Putumayo located on the map:
Map by: Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA
SUBREGIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUTUMAYO
The department of Putumayo is divided into 3 subregions which are:
- Alto Putumayo
- Medio Putumayo
- Bajo Putumayo
MUNICIPALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUTUMAYO
The department of Putumayo has 13 municipalities, listed below in their respective subregions:
Alto Putumayo
- Sibundoy
- Santiago
- San Francisco
- Colón
Medio Putumayo
- Mocoa
- Villagarzón
- Puerto Guzmán
Bajo Putumayo
- Puerto Asís
- Orito
- Valle del Guamuez
- San Miguel
- Puerto Leguízamo
- Puerto Caicedo
HISTORY
It was inhabited by indigenous groups, including the Incas, the Huitotos, the Quillacingas, and the Camsá.
In 1542, the conquistador Hernán Peréz de Quesada began a journey where he entered the lands of Caquetá and Putumayo.
In 1905, it was separated from Caquetá, and in 1912, it was declared a comisaría, and by 1991, it was decreed as a department.
RELIEF
Since it is located in the Amazon region, most of the terrain is flat and jungle-like, with two regions distinguished:
- The Alto Putumayo, which corresponds to the piedemonte, is mountainous, with altitudes that exceed 3,500 meters, such as the Patascoy hill that dominates the Guamés lake or Concha lagoon and those of Juanoy and Cascabel in the limits with Nariño.
- The lower Putumayo is a slightly undulating zone and covered with jungle, there altitudes that barely exceed 300 meters.
HYDROGRAPHY
This territory is enclosed between the Putumayo and Caquetá rivers, both navigable and of great flow, the Putumayo has 350 kilometers of navigable water, it is born in the Pasto knot, it has a length of 1,800 km of which 400 correspond to Colombia.
The Caquetá river is born in the Peñas Blancas paramo, its length is 2,200 km of which 2,000 correspond to Colombia.
CLIMATE
The Putumayo department has a temperature of 25°C, it has a warm and humid climate.
ECONOMY
Oil constitutes the main source of income: the region is rich in gold, copper, asbestos and limestone.
A small area is dedicated to agriculture, in the Sibundoy valleys fertile soils are found, the main crop is corn, it occupies approximately 50% of the planted area, equally produced are bananas, rice, sugarcane, cacao and beans.
Other less exploited products are fruits, potatoes and cattle; as cattle centers are Puerto Asís, Villagarzón, Puerto Leguízamo and the Sibundoy Valley.
NATURAL RESERVES
In the Putumayo department we find the La Paya Natural Park, note that there are still many indigenous settlements with strong cultural roots according to the tribe.
HIMNO
Lyrics:
Julio Mora Acosta
Music: Rodrigo Meneses Rosero
CHORUS
Hail homeland! Land of glory,
Putumayo, they also shouted;
the colonizers who made memory
in your soil of idyllic Eden.
I
From your history we are left with the memory,
by your paths passed the swift;
the soldiers who made an agreement
and implanted peace with ardor.
From the voráz bosom of the jungle
your immortal name shines
because great riches enclose you,
that other peoples would like to copy.
II
Your fields are the promised Eden,
work is your flag today;
your landscapes give color
to the face of the painter who created them.
Your small and beautiful cities
rise with the rhythm of a flower
progressing like a petal in a rose,
and implanting everywhere your folklore.
III
The beauty is given by your women,
they are like pearls bathed by the sea;
the place of my town you are
and to your children you give pride.
Immortal Putumayo of dreams,
great land of my inspiration…
sing men with strength and determination
sing jungle of my heart!…
IV
How many hymns! I would like to sing to you,
how many verses! I would like to write,
a thousand times to love you
and proudly die for you.
Oh! Land of my beloved being
you are my slave, my god is you,
you are my blood, of my senses,
you are echo in all the lyre.
V
Hail homeland! Your fertile fields,
great rivers surround your feet;
like a snake with loud steps,
because in them is your power.
My song does not describe your charm,
nor a piece of your blue sky;
since we were born from you with your mantle,
and it is a cry of your youth.
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