Municipalities of Colombia - Amazonas Department

Amazonas Department

The Department of Amazonas is formed by 45 municipalities which are Leticia and Puerto Nariño etc...; and by "department corregimientos" which is a special combined functions between a presidential power and a corregimiento. The reason for this classification is that the large territory is mostly inhospitable, inhabited only by indigenous peoples and within the Amazon rainforest.


Municipalities
  1. Leticia
  2. Puerto Nariño
Special Corregimientos
  1. El Encanto
  2. La Chorrera
  3. La Pedrera
  4. La Victoria
  5. Mirití-Paraná
  6. Puerto Alegría
  7. Puerto Arica
  8. Puerto Santander
  9. Tarapacá

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