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Putumayo Department

Department of Colombia

Summary

Department of Colombia

Field	Value
<!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->	name	Department of Putumayo
native_name	Departamento del Putumayo
native_name_lang	es
type	Department
image_skyline	Green_Hills_(229048535).jpeg
image_caption	Green Hills around Mocoa
image_map1	Putumayo Topographic 2.png
map_caption1	Topography of the department
image_flag	Flag of Putumayo.svg
image_shield	Coat of arms of Putumayo (Colombia).svg
image_map	Putumayo in Colombia (mainland).svg
map_caption	Putumayo shown in red
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Colombia
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Amazonía Region
parts_type	Largest city
parts_style	para
established_title	Established
established_date	1991
blank_name_sec1	Provinces
blank1_name_sec1	Municipalities
blank1_info_sec1	13
seat1_type	Largest city
seat1	Puerto Asís
seat_type	Capital
seat	Mocoa
leader_title	Governor
leader_name	Sorrel Parisa Aroca Rodriguez(2016-2019)
unit_pref	Metric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	24885
area_rank	16th
population_footnotes
population_total	348182
population_as_of	2018
population_rank	26th
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	GDP
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1	Total
demographics1_info1	COP 5,617 billion
(US$ 1.3 billion)
timezone1	UTC-05
iso_code	CO-PUT
blank_name_sec2	HDI
blank_info_sec2	0.739
· 27th of 33
website	www.putumayo.gov.co

(US$ 1.3 billion) · 27th of 33

Putumayo () is a department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.

The word putumayo comes from the Quechua languages. The verb p'utuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayu means river. Thus it means "gushing river".

History

|1973 | 67336 |1985 | 174129 |1993 | 264291 |2005 | 310132 |2018 | 348182 Originally, the southwestern area of the department belonged to the Cofán Indians, the northwestern to the Kamentxá Indians, the central and southern areas to tribes that spoke Tukano languages (such as the Siona), and the eastern to tribes that spoke Witoto languages. Part of the Kamentxá territory was conquered by the Inca Huayna Cápac in 1492, who, after crossing the Cofán territory, established a Quechua population on the valley of Sibundoy, known today as Ingas. After the Inca defeat in 1533, the region was invaded by the Spanish in 1542, and from 1547 was administered by Catholic missions.

The current territory of Putumayo was linked to Popayan during the Spanish Colonial Period and in the first Republican decades belonged to the "Azuay Department", which included territories in Ecuador and Perú. Later a long process of territorial redistributions began:

1831: Popayán Province.
1857: Estado Federal del Cauca.
1886: Cauca Department.
1905: .
1909: .
1912: Comisaría Especial del Putumayo.
1953: Department of Nariño.
1957: Comisaría Especial del Putumayo.
1968: Intendencia Especial del Putumayo.
1991: Putumayo Department.

Municipalities

Flag

The flag of the Department of Putumayo is a rectangle with horizontal tricolored stripes. The green stripe symbolizes the jungles that almost entirely cover the department. The white stripe symbolizes the peaceful character of the people of Putumayo. The black stripe symbolizes oil, the Department's main economic resource.

The flag is similar to the flag of the Spanish region of Extremadura, the flag of Oostburg and some of the historical flags of Afghanistan.

Gallery

File:Cascada en la reserva el fin del mundo.jpg|The Cascadas Fin del Mundo in Mocoa, Putumayo (2019) File:Vista aerea Orito Putumayo.png|Aerial view of Orito, Putumayo (2020) File:Monumento al Centenario, Puerto Asís - 2012.jpg|The Monumento al Centenario in Puerto Asís, Putumayo (2014) File:Talla en madera en el parque de Sibundoy 2.jpg|Colorful decorative wood carvings in Sibundoy Park in Sibundoy, Putumayo (2014) File:Green Hills (229048535).jpeg|Hills in Mocoa, Putumayo (2017) File:Aeropuerto Tres De Mayo.jpg|Tres de Mayo Airport in Puerto Asís, Putumayo (2019) File:CHARCO DEL INDIO VILLAGARZON PUTUMAYO.jpg|A waterfall in Villagarzón, Putumayo (2009)

References

"Nuestro departamento: Información general". Gobernación del Putumayo.
Kline, Harvey F.. (2012). "Historical Dictionary of Colombia". Scarecrow Press.
"DANE".
"Producto Interno Bruto por departamento".
"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
"Reloj de Población". Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929001053/http://www.putumayenses.com.co/simbolos.htm Putumayenses.com; Flag of Putumayo] {{in lang. es

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