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Guaviare Department

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Country
  
Colombia

Established
  
July 4, 1991

Area rank
  
8th

Area
  
53,460 km²

Region
  
Amazon Region

Capital
  
San José del Guaviare

Time zone
  
UTC-05

Population
  
107,934 (2013)

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Guaviare ([ɡwaˈβjaɾe]) is a department of Colombia. It is in the southern central region of the country. Its capital is San José del Guaviare. Guaviare was created on July 4, 1991 by the new Political Constitution of Colombia. Up until that point, it was a national territory that operated as a Commissariat, segregated from territory of the then Commissariat of Vaupés on December 23, 1977.

Contents

Map of Guaviare, Colombia

Municipalities

  1. Calamar
  2. El Retorno
  3. Miraflores
  4. San José del Guaviare

Ethnic makeup

  • Mestizos & Whites (90,09%)
  • Blacks or Afro-Colombians (5,86%)
  • Amerindians or Indigenous (4,05%)

    • The Nukak, a nomadic tribe that was uncontacted until 1988, live in Guaviare.

    References

    Guaviare Department Wikipedia
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