Vaupés ( Spanish pronunciation: [bawˈpes] ) is a department of Southeastern Colombia in the jungle covered Amazonía Region . It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering Brazil to the east, the department of Amazonas to the south, Caquetá to the west, and Guaviare , and Guainía to the north; covering a total area of 54,135 km . Its capital is the town of Mitú . As of 2018, the population was 40,797, making it the least populous department in Colombia.
8-525: Taraira is a town and municipality located in the Vaupés Department , Republic of Colombia . 0°33′39″S 69°38′1″W / 0.56083°S 69.63361°W / -0.56083; -69.63361 This Department of Vaupés location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Vaup%C3%A9s Department During the colonization by the Spanish and first days of
16-556: Is a department located in the central eastern of Colombia . It is famous for its oil and natural gas production as well as its livestock and extensive plains. It is also the tenth largest department with an area of 44,490 km , similar to that of Denmark , but also the seventh least densely populated. Its capital is Yopal , which is also the episcopal seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yopal . It contains oil fields and an 800 km pipeline leading to
24-1524: The coastal port of Coveñas owned by BP . The Upía River (Río Upía) is in Casanare. Casanare, Ariporo, Guachiría, Guanapalo, Pauto, Tocaría, Cravo Sur, Cusiana, Túa y Upía. A former subregion of Boyacá, Casanare became separate department in 1973. [REDACTED] Amazonas [REDACTED] Antioquia [REDACTED] Arauca [REDACTED] Atlántico [REDACTED] Bolívar [REDACTED] Boyacá [REDACTED] Caldas [REDACTED] Caquetá [REDACTED] Casanare [REDACTED] Cauca [REDACTED] Cesar [REDACTED] Chocó [REDACTED] Córdoba [REDACTED] Cundinamarca [REDACTED] Guainía [REDACTED] Guaviare [REDACTED] Huila [REDACTED] La Guajira [REDACTED] Magdalena [REDACTED] Meta [REDACTED] Nariño [REDACTED] N. Santander [REDACTED] Putumayo [REDACTED] Quindío [REDACTED] Risaralda [REDACTED] San Andrés [REDACTED] Santander [REDACTED] Sucre [REDACTED] Tolima [REDACTED] Valle del Cauca [REDACTED] Vaupés [REDACTED] Vichada Capital district: [REDACTED] Bogotá This Department of Casanare location article
32-1626: The department's capital, Mitú , and from there with the rest of the country. Because of its small population and vast extension of land, Vaupés only has three municipalities. Other sections of the department were classified as an especial type of corregimientos, which has certain hybrid functions from a municipality and corregimiento. [REDACTED] Amazonas [REDACTED] Antioquia [REDACTED] Arauca [REDACTED] Atlántico [REDACTED] Bolívar [REDACTED] Boyacá [REDACTED] Caldas [REDACTED] Caquetá [REDACTED] Casanare [REDACTED] Cauca [REDACTED] Cesar [REDACTED] Chocó [REDACTED] Córdoba [REDACTED] Cundinamarca [REDACTED] Guainía [REDACTED] Guaviare [REDACTED] Huila [REDACTED] La Guajira [REDACTED] Magdalena [REDACTED] Meta [REDACTED] Nariño [REDACTED] N. Santander [REDACTED] Putumayo [REDACTED] Quindío [REDACTED] Risaralda [REDACTED] San Andrés [REDACTED] Santander [REDACTED] Sucre [REDACTED] Tolima [REDACTED] Valle del Cauca [REDACTED] Vaupés [REDACTED] Vichada Capital district: [REDACTED] Bogotá Casanare Department Casanare ( Spanish pronunciation: [kasaˈnaɾe] , Spanish : Departamento de Casanare )
40-422: The expansion of the rubber industry and the industrial revolution, exploration for rubber reached the area bringing colonizers that altered and in some cases extinguished the majority of the indigenous population . The territory was first made into a territorial division in 1910 and functioned as Commissaries (Comisarias) with the town of Calamar as capital (located in present-day Guaviare ) but later moved to
48-768: The first republic, the territory of Vaupes was part of the Province of Popayán , during the Greater Colombia . After the independence from Spain between 1821 and 1830 became part of the first version of the Boyacá Department . Between 1831 and 1857 the territory became part of the National Territory of Caquetá to later be part of the Sovereign State of Cauca . In 1886 became part of the then recently created Cauca Department . With
56-499: The population consists of indigenous inhabitants. It is the least populated department in the country. Because of its location in the Amazon jungle , it has no roads connecting it with the rest of the country or internally from settlement to settlement, and commerce and contact with the outside world is achieved through travel along the main rivers and by means of air travel. Several of the small settlements have airstrips with service to
64-598: The town of Mitú to make an "act of presence" near the border with Brazil . In 1963 Guainía segregated from the Vaupes and became a commissary. In 1977, Guaviare followed the same path. The department was created after the Colombian Constitution of 1991 which established it as a Department of Colombia on July 4, 1991. The department's main economic activities feature logging and fishing, with much exportation to neighboring Brazil. The vast majority of
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