Vaupés

Depairtment o Vaupés Departamento del Vaupés
—  Depairtment  —
Banner Coat o airms
Vaupés shown in red
Coordinates: 1°12′N 70°10′W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Amazonía Region
Established	4 Julie 1991
Caipital	Mitú
Govrenment
- Govrenor	José Leónidas Soto (2008-)
Aurie
- Tot	54,135 km2 (20,901.6 sq mi)
Aurie rank	7
Indwallers (2005)
- Tot	27,124
- Rank	33
- Densitie	0.5/km2 (1.3/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-VAU
Provinces
Municipalities	6
Wabsteid	www.vaupes.gov.co

Vaupés is a department o Colombie in the jungle covered Amazonas Region. It is locatit in the sootheast pairt o the kintra, borderin Brazil tae the east, the depairtment o Amazonas tae the sooth, Caquetá an Guaviare, an Guainía tae the north coverin a total aurie o 54,135 km². Its caipital is the toun o Mitú.

Admeenistrative diveesions

Acause o its sma population an vast extension o land, Vaupés anerlie haes 3 municipalities. Ither sections o the depairtment wur classifeed as an especial type o corregimiento, which haes certain hybrid functions frae a municipality an corregimiento.

Municipalities

1. Carurú
2. Mitú
3. Taraira

Depairtment Corregimientos

1. Pacoa
2. Papunahua
3. Yavarate

Municipal Corregimientos

1. Acaricuara
2. Villa Fátima

See an aw

• Barasana leid
• Cubeo leid

Freemit airtins

• (Spainyie) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website