Amazonas, Colombie

Amazonas is a depairtment o Colombie in the sooth o the kintra. Its caipital is Leticia. Its name comes frae the Amazon River that drains hintle in the depairtment an the rainforest that covers a muckle pairt o the depairtment.

Local market at the shore of the Amazon River, Department of Amazonas, Colombia

Depairtment o Amazonas Departamento del Amazonas
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Entre todos podemos (Spainyie: Aw o us, can)
Anthem: Himno del Amazonas
Amazonas shown in red
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Amazonía Region
Established	5 October 1991
Caipital	Leticia
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Felix Francisco Acosta Soto (Partido Convergencia Ciudadana)
Area
• Total	109665 km2 (42,342 sq mi)
Area rank	1
Population  (2005)[1]
• Total	56,036
• Rank	30
• Density	0.51/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-AMA
Website	www.amazonas.gov.co

Municipalities an communities

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

Municipalities o Amazonas