Caquetá Department

Department of Caquetá Departamento del Caquetá
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s):  All, For a Better Caqueta (Spanish: Todos por un Caquetá mejor)
Caquetá shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 1°37′N 75°36′W
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonas Region
Department	1981
Intendancy	1905
Capital	Florencia
Government
• Governor	Alvaro Pacheco Alvarez (2016–2019)
Area
• Total	88,965 km2 (34,350 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population  (2018)
• Total	401,849
• Rank	24th
• Density	4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	COP 5,461 billion (US$ 1.3 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAQ
Municipalities	15
HDI (2019)	0.717 high · 26th of 33
Website	[1]

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1973	180,297	—
1985	264,507	+46.7%
1993	367,898	+39.1%
2005	420,337	+14.3%
2018	401,849	−4.4%
Source:

Caquetá Department (Spanish pronunciation: [kakeˈta]) is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas and Putumayo to the south covering a total area of 88,965 km², the third largest in the country. Its capital is the city of Florencia.

Municipalities

1. Albania
2. Belén de Andaquies
3. Cartagena del Chairá
4. Curillo
5. El Doncello
6. El Paujil
7. Florencia
8. La Montañita
9. Milán
10. Morelia
11. Puerto Rico
12. San José del Fragua
13. San Vicente del Caguán
14. Solano
15. Solita
16. Valparaíso

See also

• Caquetá Territory

External links

• (in Spanish) Government of Caquetá official website
• (in Spanish) Secretary of Health of Caquetá
• (in Spanish) Portal de información recreativa y cultural de Florencia y el Departamento del Caquetá.
• Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website Archived 2020-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Spanish) Portal Positivo del Caquetá
• (in Spanish) Clasificados del Caquetá