Vaupés Department

Vaupés is a department in Colombia. Its capital is Mitú. It borders Brazil on the east.

Because of its location in the Amazon jungle, it has no roads connecting it with the rest of the country or internally from settlement to settlement. Commerce and contact with the outside world is done through travel along the main rivers and by means of air travel.  Several of the small settlements have airstrips with service to the department's capital, Mitú.[  Finagro; Vaupes Department]

 Administrative divisions 
Because of its small population and vast extension of land, Vaupés only has 3 municipalities. Other sections of the Department were classified as an especial type of Corregimiento, which has certain hybrid functions.

 Municipalities 
 Caruru
 Mitú
 Taraira

Department Corregimientos
 Pacoa
 Papunahua
 Yavarate

Municipal Corregimientos
 Acaricuara
 Villa Fátima

References


Category:20th-century establishments in Colombia
Category:1991 establishments in South America