Guainía ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwajˈni.a] ; Yuri language : "Land of many waters") is a department of Eastern Colombia . It is in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela and Brazil . Its capital is Inírida . In 1963 Guainía was split off from Vaupés department . The northern part and the Inírida River are included in the Orinoco basin; the rest is part of the Amazon basin . The Guaviare River is the main area of colonization; many colonos come from the Colombian Andean zone , most of them from Boyacá . They are followed by the llaneros , people from the Eastern plains ( Llanos ). The population is mainly composed of Amerindians, and the largest ethnic groups are the Puinaves (from the makú-puinave family) and the curripacos (from the Arawak family ). There are a total of 24 ethnic groups in the department; many of them speak four Indigenous languages besides Spanish and Portuguese .
4-1775: There are two municipalities in Guainía: Inírida, its capital, and Barranco Minas . The rest of the territory is subdivided in corregimientos departamentales , a pending figure due to public disorder. This case happens only in Amazonas , Vaupés and Vichada . Barranco Minas is the second biggest population and a municipality since 2019; it is located on the Guaviare River . The Guainía corregimientos are: [REDACTED] Amazonas [REDACTED] Antioquia [REDACTED] Arauca [REDACTED] Atlántico [REDACTED] Bolívar [REDACTED] Boyacá [REDACTED] Caldas [REDACTED] Caquetá [REDACTED] Casanare [REDACTED] Cauca [REDACTED] Cesar [REDACTED] Chocó [REDACTED] Córdoba [REDACTED] Cundinamarca [REDACTED] Guainía [REDACTED] Guaviare [REDACTED] Huila [REDACTED] La Guajira [REDACTED] Magdalena [REDACTED] Meta [REDACTED] Nariño [REDACTED] N. Santander [REDACTED] Putumayo [REDACTED] Quindío [REDACTED] Risaralda [REDACTED] San Andrés [REDACTED] Santander [REDACTED] Sucre [REDACTED] Tolima [REDACTED] Valle del Cauca [REDACTED] Vaupés [REDACTED] Vichada Capital district: [REDACTED] Bogotá Barranco Minas Barrancominas
8-538: Is a town and municipality located in the Guainía Department , Republic of Colombia . It has the Barranco Minas Airport . This Department of Guainía location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guain%C3%ADa Department Guainía ( Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwajˈni.a] ; Yuri language : "Land of many waters") is a department of Eastern Colombia . It
12-635: Is in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela and Brazil . Its capital is Inírida . In 1963 Guainía was split off from Vaupés department . The northern part and the Inírida River are included in the Orinoco basin; the rest is part of the Amazon basin . The Guaviare River is the main area of colonization; many colonos come from the Colombian Andean zone , most of them from Boyacá . They are followed by
16-630: The llaneros , people from the Eastern plains ( Llanos ). The population is mainly composed of Amerindians, and the largest ethnic groups are the Puinaves (from the makú-puinave family) and the curripacos (from the Arawak family ). There are a total of 24 ethnic groups in the department; many of them speak four Indigenous languages besides Spanish and Portuguese . There are two municipalities in Guainía: Inírida, its capital, and Barranco Minas . The rest of
#241758