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'''Vaupés''' ({{IPA-es|bawˈpes}}) is a [[departments of Colombia|department]] of [[Colombia]] in the [[Amazon Rainforest|jungle covered]] [[Amazonía Region|Amazonas Region]]. It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering [[Brazil]] to the east, the department of [[Amazonas Department|Amazonas]] to the south, [[Caquetá Department|Caquetá]] to the west, and [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]], and [[Guainía Department|Guainía]] to the north; covering a total area of 54,135&nbsp;km². Its capital is the town of [[Mitú]].
'''Vaupés''' ({{IPA-es|bawˈpes}}) is a [[departments of Colombia|department]] of Southeastern [[Colombia]] in the [[Amazon rainforest|jungle covered]] [[Amazonía Region]]. It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering [[Brazil]] to the east, the department of [[Amazonas (Colombian department)|Amazonas]] to the south, [[Caquetá Department|Caquetá]] to the west, and [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]], and [[Guainía Department|Guainía]] to the north; covering a total area of 54,135&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>. Its capital is the town of [[Mitú]]. As of 2018, the population was 40,797, making it the least populous department in Colombia.


== History ==
== History ==
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During the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|colonization by the Spanish]] and first days of the first republic, the territory of Vaupes was part of the [[Province of Popayán]], during the [[Greater Colombia]]. After the independence from Spain between 1821 and 1830 became part of the first version of the [[Boyacá Department]]. Between 1831 and 1857 the territory became part of the [[National Territory of Caquetá]] to later be part of the [[Sovereign State of Cauca]]. In 1886 became part of the then recently created [[Cauca Department]].<ref>[http://www.fac.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=11696&PHPSESSID=...67bc89b67fbff609069aee1db Vaupes - Capitán Paz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
During the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|colonization by the Spanish]] and first days of the first republic, the territory of Vaupes was part of the [[Province of Popayán]], during the [[Greater Colombia]]. After the independence from Spain between 1821 and 1830 became part of the first version of the [[Boyacá Department]]. Between 1831 and 1857 the territory became part of the [[National Territory of Caquetá]] to later be part of the [[Sovereign State of Cauca]]. In 1886 became part of the then recently created [[Cauca Department]].<ref>[http://www.fac.mil.co/index.php?idcategoria=11696&PHPSESSID=...67bc89b67fbff609069aee1db Vaupes - Capitán Paz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


With the expansion of the rubber industry and the industrial revolution, exploration for rubber reached the area briging colonizers that altered and in some cases extinguished the majority of the [[indigenous peoples of the americas|indigenous population]].
With the expansion of the rubber industry and the industrial revolution, exploration for rubber reached the area bringing colonizers that altered and in some cases extinguished the majority of the [[indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous population]].


The territory was first made into a territorial division in 1910 and functioned as [[Commissary|Commissaries]] (Comisarias) with the town of [[Calamar, Guaviare|Calamar]] as capital (located in present-day [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]]) but later moved to the town of Mitú to make an "act of presence" near the border with [[Brasil]]. In 1963 [[Guainía Department|Guainía]] segregated from the Vaupes and became a commissary. In 1977, [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]] followed the same path.
The territory was first made into a territorial division in 1910 and functioned as [[Commissary|Commissaries]] (Comisarias) with the town of [[Calamar, Guaviare|Calamar]] as capital (located in present-day [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]]) but later moved to the town of Mitú to make an "act of presence" near the border with [[Brazil]]. In 1963 [[Guainía Department|Guainía]] segregated from the Vaupes and became a commissary. In 1977, [[Guaviare Department|Guaviare]] followed the same path.


The Department was created after the [[Colombian Constitution of 1991]] which established it as a Department of Colombia on July 4, 1991.<ref>[http://www.sedvaupes.gov.co/historia.html {{es icon}} Vaupes Secretary of Education; History of Vaupes]</ref>
The department was created after the [[Colombian Constitution of 1991]] which established it as a Department of Colombia on July 4, 1991.<ref>[http://www.sedvaupes.gov.co/historia.html {{in lang|es}} Vaupes Secretary of Education; History of Vaupes]</ref>


== Economy ==
== Economy ==
{{Unreferenced section|date=December 2022}}
The department's main economic activities feature logging and fishing, with much exportation to neighboring Brazil.
The department's main economic activities feature logging and fishing, with much exportation to neighboring Brazil.


== Demographics ==
== Demographics ==
The vast majority of the population consists of indigenous inhabitants.
The vast majority of the population consists of indigenous inhabitants. It is the least populated department in the country.
{{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=6 July 2017}}</ref>
|1973 | 23250
|1985 | 26178
|1993 | 24671
|2005 | 39279
|2018 | 40797
}}


== Transportation ==
== Transportation ==
Because of its location in the [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazon]] jungle, it has no roads connecting it with the rest of the country or internally from settlement to settlement, and commerce and contact with the outside world is achieved 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]], and from there with the rest of the country.<ref>[http://www.finagro.com.co/colombia/departamento.asp?IDDepartamento=30&Tema=05 {{es icon}} Finagro; Vaupes Department]</ref>
Because of its location in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon jungle]], it has no roads connecting it with the rest of the country or internally from settlement to settlement, and commerce and contact with the outside world is achieved 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]], and from there with the rest of the country.<ref>[http://www.finagro.com.co/colombia/departamento.asp?IDDepartamento=30&Tema=05 {{in lang|es}} Finagro; Vaupes Department]</ref>


== Administrative divisions ==
== 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 from a municipality and corregimiento.
Because of its small population and vast extension of land, Vaupés only has three municipalities. Other sections of the department were classified as an especial type of corregimientos, which has certain hybrid functions from a municipality and corregimiento.


=== Municipalities ===
=== Municipalities ===
# [[Caruru]]
# [[Carurú]]
# '''[[Mitú]]'''
# '''[[Mitú]]'''
# [[Taraira]]
# [[Taraira]]
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# [[Pacoa]]
# [[Pacoa]]
# [[Papunahua]]
# [[Papunahua]]
# [[Yavarate]]
# [[Yavaraté]]


===Municipal Corregimientos===
===Municipal Corregimientos===
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Barasana language]]
*[[Barasana-Eduria language]]
*[[Cubeo language]]
*[[Cubeo language]]
*[[Tucanoan languages]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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== References ==
== References ==
* {{Cite web|language=Spanish|url=http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/vaupes.php|title= national lottery on Vaupes}}
* {{Cite web|language=es|url=http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/vaupes.php|title= national lottery on Vaupes}}
* {{Cite web|language=Spanish|url=http://encolombia.com/Regiones/departamentos-vaupes.htm|title=Encolombia.com - Vaupes}}
* {{Cite web|language=es|url=http://encolombia.com/Regiones/departamentos-vaupes.htm|title=Encolombia.com - Vaupes}}
* {{Cite web|language=Spanish|url=http://www.federacionnacionaldedepartamentos.org.co/departamentos/vaupes/vaupes.htm|title=National Federation of Departments: Vaupes}}
* {{Cite web|language=es|url=http://www.federacionnacionaldedepartamentos.org.co/departamentos/vaupes/vaupes.htm|title=National Federation of Departments: Vaupes}}


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Departments of Colombia}}
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Revision as of 10:35, 18 April 2024

Department of Vaupes
Departamento del Vaupés
Department
Vaupés River
Vaupés River
Flag of Department of Vaupes
Flag
Coat of arms of Department of Vaupes
Coat of arms
Vaupés shown in red
Vaupés shown in red
Topography of the department
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 1°12′N 70°10′W / 1.200°N 70.167°W / 1.200; -70.167
Country Colombia
RegionAmazonía Region
EstablishedJuly 4, 1991
CapitalMitú
Government
 • GovernorJesús Maria Vásquez Caicedo (2016-2019)
Area
[1][2]
 • Total54,135 km2 (20,902 sq mi)
 • Rank7th
Population
 (2018)[3]
 • Total40,797
 • Rank32nd
 • Density0.75/km2 (2.0/sq mi)
GDP
[4]
 • TotalCOP 382 billion
(US$ 0.1 billion)
Time zoneUTC−05
ISO 3166 codeCO-VAU
Municipalities6
HDI (2019)0.639[5]
medium · 33rd of 33
Websitewww.vaupes.gov.co

Vaupés (Spanish pronunciation: [bawˈpes]) is a department of Southeastern Colombia in the jungle covered Amazonía Region. It is located in the southeast part of the country, bordering Brazil to the east, the department of Amazonas to the south, Caquetá to the west, and Guaviare, and Guainía to the north; covering a total area of 54,135 km2. Its capital is the town of Mitú. As of 2018, the population was 40,797, making it the least populous department in Colombia.

History

During the colonization by the Spanish and first days of the first republic, the territory of Vaupes was part of the Province of Popayán, during the Greater Colombia. After the independence from Spain between 1821 and 1830 became part of the first version of the Boyacá Department. Between 1831 and 1857 the territory became part of the National Territory of Caquetá to later be part of the Sovereign State of Cauca. In 1886 became part of the then recently created Cauca Department.[6]

With the expansion of the rubber industry and the industrial revolution, exploration for rubber reached the area bringing colonizers that altered and in some cases extinguished the majority of the indigenous population.

The territory was first made into a territorial division in 1910 and functioned as Commissaries (Comisarias) with the town of Calamar as capital (located in present-day Guaviare) but later moved to the town of Mitú to make an "act of presence" near the border with Brazil. In 1963 Guainía segregated from the Vaupes and became a commissary. In 1977, Guaviare followed the same path.

The department was created after the Colombian Constitution of 1991 which established it as a Department of Colombia on July 4, 1991.[7]

Economy

The department's main economic activities feature logging and fishing, with much exportation to neighboring Brazil.

Demographics

The vast majority of the population consists of indigenous inhabitants. It is the least populated department in the country.

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1973 23,250—    
1985 26,178+12.6%
1993 24,671−5.8%
2005 39,279+59.2%
2018 40,797+3.9%
Source:[8]

Transportation

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, and commerce and contact with the outside world is achieved 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, and from there with the rest of the country.[9]

Administrative divisions

Because of its small population and vast extension of land, Vaupés only has three municipalities. Other sections of the department were classified as an especial type of corregimientos, which has certain hybrid functions from a municipality and corregimiento.

Municipalities

  1. Carurú
  2. Mitú
  3. Taraira

Department Corregimientos

  1. Pacoa
  2. Papunahua
  3. Yavaraté

Municipal Corregimientos

  1. Acaricuara
  2. Villa Fátima

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Nuestro Departamento: Información general". Gobernación del Vaupés. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-12.
  2. ^ "Vaupés, Department of". Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Scarecrow Press. 2012. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8108-7813-6.
  3. ^ "DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
  5. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  6. ^ Vaupes - Capitán Paz
  7. ^ (in Spanish) Vaupes Secretary of Education; History of Vaupes
  8. ^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  9. ^ (in Spanish) Finagro; Vaupes Department

References

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