Putumayo Department

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Putumayo
Department of Colombia
Bandera de Putumayo Escudo de Putumayo
(Detail) (Detail)
Motto:
Location of Putumayo
Capital Mocoa
Governor
Area 24,885 km²
Population
 - Total (2003)
 - Density		  
378,483
15 people/km²
Adjective

Putumayo is a department of Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.

The word putumayo comes from the Quechua language. The verb putuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayo is a variant of mayu, meaning river. Thus it means "gushing river".

[edit] Municipalities

  1. Colón
  2. Mocoa
  3. Orito
  4. Puerto Asís
  5. Puerto Caicedo
  6. Puerto Guzmán
  7. Puerto Leguízamo
  8. San Francisco
  9. Santiago
  10. Sibundoy
  11. Valle del Guamez
  12. Villa Garzón
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Departments of Colombia
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Amazonas • Antioquia • Arauca • Atlántico • Bolívar • Boyacá • Caldas • Caquetá • Casanare • Cauca • Cesar • Chocó • Córdoba • Cundinamarca • Guainía • Guajira • Guaviare • Huila • Magdalena • Meta • Nariño • Norte de Santander • Putumayo • Quindío • Risaralda • San Andrés and Providencia • Santander • Sucre • Tolima • Valle del Cauca • Vaupés • Vichada


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