Arauca ( Spanish pronunciation: [aˈɾawka] ) is a department of Eastern Colombia located in the extreme north of the Orinoco Basin of Colombia (the Llanos Orientales ), bordering Venezuela . The southern boundary of Arauca is formed by the Casanare and Meta Rivers , separating Arauca from the departments of Casanare and Vichada . To the west, Arauca borders the department of Boyacá . The Caño Limón oil fields located within Arauca account for almost a third of the Colombian oil output. Its capital is the town of Arauca .
14-650: Putumayo may refer to: Putumayo Department , Colombia Putumayo Province , Loreto Region, Peru Putumayo District , Putumayo Province, Loreto Region, Peru Putumayo Canton , Ecuador Putumayo River or Içá River, a river in South America Putumayo World Music , a record label Putumayo, a fictional store in the Seinfeld episode " The Millennium " See also [ edit ] Potemayo , Japanese manga and anime series Topics referred to by
28-642: A Quechua population on the valley of Sibundoy , known today as Ingas. After the Inca defeat in 1533 , the region was invaded by the Spanish in 1542, and from 1547 was administered by Catholic missions. The current territory of Putumayo was linked to Popayan during the Spanish Colonial Period and in the first Republican decades belonged to the " Azuay Department ", which included territories in Ecuador and Perú. Later
42-1247: A long process of territorial redistributions began: [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 Arauca Department The name Arauca
56-543: Is believed to derive from the name of an Indigenous people, who are thought to be related to the Arawak or Arhuaco people. Some have also speculated that the name Arauca is connected with the Araucanian or Mapuche Indians of Chile and Argentina . The first conquistador to set foot in the region of present-day Arauca was Nikolaus Federmann in 1539. He was a soldier in the company of Georg von Speyer , who passed through
70-572: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Putumayo Department Putumayo ( Spanish pronunciation: [putuˈmaʝo] ) is a department of Southern Colombia . It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru . Its capital is Mocoa . The word putumayo comes from the Quechua languages . The verb p'utuy means "to spring forth" or "to burst out", and mayu means river. Thus it means "gushing river". Originally,
84-664: The U'wa. They are located in the northeastern foothills of the Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes , until the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy in Boyacá . Its total population is estimated at 7231 people, belong to the Chibcha language family. U'wa means "intelligent people who can speak". The Betoye with 800 members constitutes the second-largest ethnic group in the department. They inhabit
98-718: The banks of the Cravo Norte River and the municipality of Tame. The area of its territory is 702 hectares (1,730 acres). Their language is considered part of the Chibcha language family. Although not retaining their original language, the people speak a mixture of Betoye with Spanish. Certain grammatical structures of the Betoye language persist in this mixture. The Guahibo are subdivided into tribes known as Sikuani, Kuiba, Chiricoa, Hitanü (iguana) and Hitnü (Macaguane), who speak Arawakan languages . The main economical activity of Arauca
112-627: The catechism: Solitude of Cravo, Cuiloto San Javier, San Jose del Ele, Lipa San Joaquin and San Fernando de Arauca. In 1810, the Araucanian territory became part of the newly created province of Casanare and in 1819 Arauca was incorporated into the province of Cundinamarca . By 1857, Arauca was made part of the Sovereign State of Boyacá, that later became the Boyacá department. In 1891, the Arauca police station
126-459: The department 26 resguardos are located in an area of 128,167 hectares (316,710 acres). Six indigenous groups populate this region; U'wa with 1,124 members; Betoye at 800, Sikuani number 782, 441 Hitnü are registered, Kuiba count up to 241, Hitanü are listed at 110, the Chiricoa amount to 63 and thirty Piapoco are registered in Arauca. The predominant ethnic group in the department are
140-503: The five groupings are: There are small numbers of descendants of European immigrants: the Spanish , German , Portuguese , Italian , French , British , Dutch , Polish , Greek and Arab (i.e. Lebanese , Syrian and Palestinian ) nationalities. Many Venezuelan nationals live in the department; around 10-15 percent of the population is of Venezuelan origin. The department's total indigenous population amounts to 3591 people. Across
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#1732844316980168-581: The south of present-day Venezuela and the eastern part of what is today known as Colombia. In 1659, the Catholic missions were establishing new settlements in tribal Guahibo, U'wa, Aeric and Chirico tribal lands. In the eighteenth century, being expelled from the Jesuits under Viceroy Pedro Mesia de la Zerda , the Augustinian Recollect succeeded in their mission of evangelization. They founded five centers of
182-719: The southwestern area of the department belonged to the Cofán Indians , the northwestern to the Kamentxá Indians, the central and southern areas to tribes that spoke Tukano languages (such as the Siona ), and the eastern to tribes that spoke Witoto languages . Part of the Kamentxá territory was conquered by the Inca Huayna Cápac in 1492, who, after crossing the Cofán territory, established
196-516: Was established with chief executive Pedro León Acosta. By decree 113 of January 20, 1955, the territory was elevated to the national quartermaster, and finally, with the Constitution of July 5, 1991, Arauca became a department. Arauca is the regional capital since 1911. Its territory covers an area of 23,818 km , predominantly composed of plains. The Colombian census does not collect data on race and ethnicity, but compiled population estimates of
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