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
- Leticia
- Puerto Nariño
- Special Corregimientos
- El Encanto
- La Chorrera
- La Pedrera
- La Victoria
- Mirití-Paraná
- Puerto Alegría
- Puerto Arica
- Puerto Santander
- Tarapacá
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