Putumayo Department

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Department of Putumayo
Departamento del Putumayo
Coat of arms of Putumayo (Colombia).svg
Putumayo in Colombia (mainland).svg
Putumayo shown in red
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Topography of the department
Coordinates: 1°09′N76°37′W / 1.150°N 76.617°W / 1.150; -76.617
Country Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Region Amazonía Region
Established 1991
Capital Mocoa
Government
  GovernorSorrel Parisa Aroca Rodriguez(2016-2019)
Area
  Total24,885 km2 (9,608 sq mi)
  Rank 16th
Population
 (2018) [3]
  Total348,182
  Rank 26th
  Density14/km2 (36/sq mi)
GDP
[4]
  Total COP 5,617 billion
(US$ 1.3 billion)
Time zone UTC-05
ISO 3166 code CO-PUT
Municipalities 13
HDI (2019)0.717 [5]
high · 26th of 33
Website www.putumayo.gov.co

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

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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

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1973 67,336    
1985 174,129+158.6%
1993 264,291+51.8%
2005 310,132+17.3%
2018 348,182+12.3%
Source: [6]

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:

Municipalities

MunicipalitiesMap
  1. Flag of Colon (Putumayo).svg Colón
  2. Flag of Mocoa (Putumayo).svg Mocoa
  3. Flag of Orito (Putumayo).svg Orito
  4. Flag of Puerto Asis (Putumayo).svg Puerto Asís
  5. Flag of Puerto Caicedo (Putumayo).svg Puerto Caicedo
  6. Flag of Puerto Guzman (Putumayo).svg Puerto Guzmán
  7. Flag of Puerto Leguizamo (Putumayo).svg Puerto Leguízamo
  8. Flag of San Francisco (Putumayo).svg San Francisco
  9. San Miguel
  10. Flag of Santiago (Putumayo).svg Santiago
  11. Flag of Sibundoy (Putumayo).svg Sibundoy
  12. Flag of Valle del Guamuez-La Hormiga (Putumayo).svg Valle del Guamez
  13. Flag of Villagarzon (Putumayo).svg Villagarzón
Mapa de Putumayo (politico).svg

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References

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