{{Short description|Department of Colombia}} {{About|the Colombian department|3=Amazonas Department (disambiguation)}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions -->| name = Department of Amazonas | native_name = Departamento del Amazonas | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code --> | type = Department | image_skyline = Campo12Foto 2.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Amazonas River in Colombia | image_map1 = Amazonas Topographic 2.png | map_caption1 = Topography of the department | image_flag = Flag of Amazonas (Colombia).svg | flag_alt = | flag_link = Flag of Amazonas Department | image_shield = Escudo de Amazonas (Colombia).svg | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = ''Entre todos podemos''<br />(Spanish: ''All together we can''){{force singular}} | anthem = Himno de Amazonas | image_map = Amazonas in Colombia (mainland).svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Amazonas shown in red | coordinates = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Amazonía Region | parts_type = Largest city | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Department | established_date = 1991 | established_title1 = Intendancy | established_date1 = 1931 | blank_name_sec1 = Provinces | blank_info_sec1 = | blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities | blank1_info_sec1 = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Leticia | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Óscar Sánchez Guerrero (2024-present)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resultados elecciones GOBERNACIÓN en AMAZONAS 2023|url=https://www.larepublica.co/elecciones-territoriales-2023/resultados-gobernacion/amazonas |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=La República (Colombia)|language=es}}</ref> | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|title=Nuestro Departamento: Información general: Geografía|publisher=Gobernación del Amazonas|url=http://www.amazonas.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f#geografia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629013823/http://www.amazonas.gov.co/nuestromunicipio.shtml?apc=mIxx-1-&m=f#geografia|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-06-29}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 109665 | area_rank = 1st | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-date=November 13, 2009 }}</ref> | population_total = 76,589 | population_as_of = 2018 | population_rank = 30th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | demographics_type1 = GDP | demographics1_footnotes = <ref>{{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}</ref> | demographics1_title1 = Total | demographics1_info1 = COP 1,068 billion<br />(US$ 0.3 billion) | timezone1 = UTC-05 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = CO-AMA | blank_name_sec2 = HDI | blank_info_sec2 = 0.740<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}</ref><br/>{{color|#0c0|high}} · 25th of 33 | website = [http://www.amazonas.gov.co/ www.amazonas.gov.co] | footnotes = }} '''Amazonas''' ({{IPA|es|amaˈsonas}}) is a department of Southern Colombia. It is the largest department in area while having the third smallest population among the departments. Its capital is Leticia and its name comes from the Amazon River, which drains the department.
It is made up entirely of Amazon Rainforest territory. The southern portion of the department, south of the Putumayo River, is called the "Amazonian Trapeze", which includes the triple border of Colombia, Peru and Brazil, and its southern limit is the Amazon River.
== Toponymy == The department name comes from the name of the Amazon River. The river was named by the Spanish explorer Francisco de Orellana (1511–1546), who, on his voyage of exploration, said he was attacked by "fierce females" who looked like Amazons of the Greek mythology; however, the existence of a female warrior tribe in that time hasn't been demonstrated and it is possible that they were long-haired Native American warriors who impressed the conqueror, who called the jungle and the river with the name of Amazon.
== Demographics == The following ethnic groups are found in the department: Bora, Cocama, Macuna, Mirana, Okaina, Ticunas, Tucano, Uitoto, Yagua, and Yucuna, among others. These groups are more than 5,000 years old. In 2018, the population comprised 76,589 people. {{Historical populations |type = |footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Reloj de Población|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|website=DANE|publisher=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica|access-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116020433/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|archive-date=16 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> |1938 | 6414 |1951 | 7619 |1964 | 12962 |1973 | 15677 |1985 | 39937 |1993 | 56399 |2005 | 67726 |2018 | 76589 }}
== National parks == The Amazonas Department covers {{Convert|109665|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} of protected area, most of it under the name of "forest reserve" since 1959. There are currently four "National Parks" (Amacayacú, Cahuinarí, Rio Puree, and Yagoje Apaporis).
== Municipalities and communities ==
# El Encanto # La Chorrera # La Pedrera # La Victoria # Leticia # Mirití-Paraná # Puerto Alegría # Puerto Arica # Puerto Nariño # Puerto Santander # Tarapacá thumb|none|300px|Municipalities of '''Amazonas'''
== See also == *Amazonas State, Venezuela *Amazonas State, Brazil
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{wikivoyage inline|Amazonas (Colombia)|Amazonas Department}} *[http://siatac.co/web/guest/ Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617100909/http://siatac.co/web/guest |date=2020-06-17 }} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030416102017/http://www.visitleticia.com/ Essential Travel Information to Leticia and its Surroundings]
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