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| Motto: Vamos Arauca (Spanish: Let's Go Arauca) |
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| Established | July 4, 1991 |
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| Region | Orinoquía Region | ||||
| Capital | Arauca | ||||
| Largest city | ? | ||||
| Number of Municipalities | 7 | ||||
| Governor - Governor's Political Party |
Freddy Forero Requiniva (2008-) ? |
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| Area Total - Land - Water (% of total) |
Ranked 18 23,818 km² km² km² (%) |
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| Population - Total (2005) - Density |
Ranked 27 208,605[1] 12/km² |
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| ISO_Code | CO-ARA | ||||
| Government's Website: www.arauca.gov.co |
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Arauca is a Department of Colombia located in the extreme north of the Orinoco part of Colombia (the Llanos Oriental), bordering Venezuela. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Because of its natural structure Colombia can be divided into six very distinct Natural regions. The Orinoquía Region (Región de la Orinoquía is one of the five Natural regions of Colombia. Arauca is a municipality and Capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia. The question mark (? also known as an interrogation point, question point, query, or eroteme, is a punctuation mark that replaces The Municipalities of Colombia are decentralized subdivisions of the Republic of Colombia. This article lists political parties in Colombia. Colombia has historically maintained a Two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political The question mark (? also known as an interrogation point, question point, query, or eroteme, is a punctuation mark that replaces Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. List of Colombian Departments by area details the Departments of Colombia by their area In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology List of Colombian Departments by population details population of the Departments of Colombia according to a general census taken on 2005 by the Departamento ISO 3166-2CO is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Colombia. Colombia is a unitary republic conformed by thirty-two departments ( Spanish: departamentos, sing Colombia (kəˈlʌmbɪə officially the Republic of Colombia () is a country in northwestern South America. ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim (previously Lucent) Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the It is bordered to the south by the Casanare River and the Meta River, which separate it from the departments of Casanare and Vichada. The Meta River is formed in the Meta Department, Colombia by the confluence of the Humea Guatiquía and Guayuriba rivers To the west borders with the Boyacá Department. The Caño Limón oil fields located in its territory accounts for 30% of Colombian oil output. Caño Limón is an Oil field in the municipalities of Arauca and Arauquita in Arauca Department, Colombia, on the border of Venezuela. An oil field is a region with an abundance of Oil wells extracting Petroleum (crude oil from below ground Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit Its capital is the town of Arauca. Arauca is a municipality and Capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia.
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Municipalities
Demographics
Indigenous population
The department's indigenous population is at least 3,591 people. Arauca is a municipality and Capital city of the Arauca Department of Colombia. Arauquita is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. Cravo Norte is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. Fortul is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. Puerto Rondón is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. Saravena is a city in Arauca Department, Colombia. It is located at around. Tame is a town and municipality in the Arauca Department, Colombia. Six indigenous peoples are among them with the following populations: U'wa, 1. The U'wa people are an indigenous people living in the Cloud forests of northeastern Colombia. 124 members; Betoye, 800; Guahibo/Sikuani, 782; Hitnü, 441; Cuiva/Kuiba, 241; Chiricoa, 173 and Piapoco, 30. Twenty six reserves (resguardos) cover an area of 1,281. 67 km².
Continued oil exploration and exploitation in the area after the year 2000 resulted in a substantial number of deaths of the local inhabitants at the hands of the military. The indigenous population continues to protest both the seizing of their lands and the deaths.
Notes
References
- Supresión de las Zonas de Rehabilitación by the Association of Campesinos of Arauca, April 30, 2003] in Spanish.
- Indigenous people fleeing paramilitary massacre take over church in Saravena by Regional Consul for the Indigenous People of Arauca, May 14, 2003 in Spanish.
- Continúa la Judicializacion y Muerte a los Dirigentes Sociales de Arauca by Andres Cortes, Jul. 18, 2003 in Spanish.
External links
- Arauca travel guide from Wikitravel
- News and photos of Arauca;
- Documentary 52': Le Sang de la terre a video;
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