Depairtment o Vichada Departamento del Vichada | |
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Motto(s): Tierra de hombres para hombres sin tierra Land o men for men athoot land[1] | |
Vichada shown in red | |
Coordinates: 6°11′N 67°28′W / 6.183°N 67.467°W | |
Kintra | Colombie |
Region | Orinoquía Region |
Established | 4 Julie 1991 |
Caipital | Puerto Carreño |
Area | |
• Total | 100242 km2 (38,704 sq mi) |
Area rank | 2 |
Population (2005)[2] | |
• Total | 97,276 |
• Rank | 31 |
• Density | 0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-05 |
ISO 3166 code | CO-VIC |
Municipalities | 4 |
Website | www.gobvichada.gov.co |
Vichada (Spaingie: Departamento del Vichada) is a depairtment o the Colombie in Sooth Americae. Vichada is locatit in the eastren plains o Colombie, in the Orinoquia Region athin the Orinoco river basin. The depairtment is the seicont lairgest in Colombie an scarcely populatit in comparison tae ither depairtments.
The depairtment o Vichada wis previously a commissary established in 1913.
The lairgest toun an caipital o the depairtment is Puerto Carreño locatit in extreme northeastren pairt o the depairtment an borderin Venezuela. the depairtment is subdividit intae fower municipalities; Puerto Carreño, La Primavera, Santa Rosalía an Cumaribo. It contains 46 indigenous reserves an 6 commonties an aw.
In 1913 the govrenment o Colombie creatit the commissar o Vichada an the caipital wis established in a locality kent as El Picacho atween the Meta an Orinoco rivers. The toun wis namit Puerto Carreño in honor o Pedro María Carreño, then actin Meenister o Govrenment.[3]
In August 1974, Puerto Carreño wis elevatit tae the category o municipality bi decree 1594 o that same year.[3]
On 5 Julie 1991 Vichada wis elevatit tae the category o depairtment an Puerto Carreño as its caipital.[3]