Country Colombia Department Caquetá Department Incorporated 1912 Elevation 242 m Population 163,323 (2012) | Region Amazonas Region Founded 1902 Founded by Doroteo de Pupiales Area 2,292 km² University University of the Amazon | |
Weather 20°C, Wind N at 3 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Florencia ([floˈɾensja], English: Florence) is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southwest Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history. It is the boundary between mountains and the Amazon. It lies on the Orteguaza River which flows into the Caqueta River. Its population is roughly 165,000.
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Map of Florencia, Caquet%C3%A1, Colombia
History
Florencia was founded on December 25, 1902 by Capuchin Friar Doroteo De Pupiales (1876-1959) Born in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia.
Geography
Florencia is located by the steps of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range. The municipality of Florencia limits to the north with the Huila Department and the municipality of El Paujil, to the east with the municipalities of El Paujil and La Montañita, to the south with the municipalities of Milán and Morelia, and to the west with the municipality of Belén de Andaquies and the Huila Department.