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San Vicente del Caguán

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Country
  
Colombia

Elevation
  
280 m

Population
  
67,994 (2015)

Number of airports
  
1

Department
  
Caquetá Department

Area
  
21,923 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:48 AM

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Time zone
  
Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Website
  
www.sanvicentedelcaguan.gov.co

Weather
  
21°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 91% Humidity

San Vicente del Caguán ([sam biˈsente ðel kaˈɣwan]) is a town and municipality in Amazonian Caquetá Department, southern Colombia.

Contents

Map of San Vicente del Cagu%C3%A1n, Caquet%C3%A1, Colombia

Religion

Its Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy) is the cathedral episcopal see of the Latin Catholic pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate of San Vicente del Caguán.

History

Between 1998 and 2002, San Vicente del Caguán was the center of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which was created as a safe haven for the revolutionary FARC rebels. Two days after the peace talks were ended, Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped while entering the former DMZ.

References

San Vicente del Caguán Wikipedia