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28-713: The area is noted for its natural beauty. Cities in the Tres Fronteras area include Tabatinga (in Brazil ), Leticia (in Colombia ), and Santa Rosa de Yavari (in Peru ) on an island in the Amazon River . Much of this land is within the borders of the Alto Rio Negro and Yanomami reserves, a combined 18 million hectares. According to Fabricio Amorim from Fundação Nacional do Índio ,

56-662: A Consulate in Tabatinga. Leticia, Amazonas Leticia ( Spanish pronunciation: [leˈtisja] ) is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia , capital of the department of Amazonas , Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters (315') above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F). Leticia has long been Colombia's shipping point for tropical fish for

84-545: A large number of federal police officers, federal revenue agents , federal prosecutors , among others, are seen. The Ticunas Indians form the largest ethnic group in Tabatinga, and the Tukuna Umariaçu indigenous reserve is found in the region of the municipality, inhabited by a majority belonging to this ethnic group. The official language of the municipality is Portuguese , but Spanish and tribal languages are understood, including Tikuna language . The city's economy

112-485: A little more than twice as much rain as its driest month (July). The average monthly rainfall in the city is consistently above 150 millimetres or 6 inches. The frog fauna of Leticia is highly species rich. An intensive survey effort in primary rainforest and flooded forest some 10 km (6 miles) north of Leticia revealed 96 frog species (with two more found shortly afterwards). However, the true number might be as high as 123 species, based on species expected to occur in

140-456: A location in the Brazilian state of Amazonas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Colombian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Peruvian geography article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tabatinga Tabatinga , originally Forte de São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga , is a municipality in

168-578: A wood-fired stovetop in a pan. A typical Sunday meal might comprise grilled meats, cooked in makeshift charcoal grillers, served with rice and plantains . Leticia is considered an important area for the study of the Amazon and its biodiversity. The Vásquez Cobo International Airport in Leticia is the largest airport in the south of Colombia. In addition to being the Colombian jungle region gateway, it also serves as

196-473: Is available in Leticia. Dishes specific to each of Colombia's regions are made here. For example, people make Sancocho , a hearty soup, with regional variations in different parts of Colombia. But even within regions, each family has its own recipe. Leticia's cuisine includes Brazilian and Peruvian influences. Common staples in Leticia include river fish, domestic (and occasionally wild) meat, rice, locally-grown vegetables and potatoes. Meals are usually cooked over

224-576: Is believed that the indigenous people referred to the region with that name because of the white clay found abundantly at the bottom of the region's rivers. In the Tupi Guarani, the word also means small house . In the middle of the 17th century, near of the Amazon River , the foundation of a village by the Jesuits was registered by the Portuguese empire . A military post and tax office were established near

252-519: Is driven by a significant portion of the informal economy and subsistence agriculture. It is also made up of public sector jobs and the extensive financial exchange of the Colombian city of Leticia , which, based on dollar regulation, takes place in parallel in the city between the Colombian Peso and the Brazilian Real. Due to the extensive border with Colombia and Peru, Tabatinga is considered by

280-464: Is for people to move from the village of their birth in far-lying rural communities into the city to make a "better" living. The region is home to several indigenous people, including the Witoto , Inga , Tucano , Ticuna , and Nukak . The Peruvian Yagua settled in the riverside village of La Libertad in the 1990s. Although the inhabitants commonly eat the same things each week, a wide variety of food

308-518: Is quite heterogeneous. It is formed by Brazilians, Peruvians, Colombians, among them indigenous people of different ethnic groups, most of whom are Tikunas and Kokamas . Among the Brazilians in Tabatinga, there is the rotating population, corresponding to the military of the armed forces, bank branch workers and people who work for public agencies of the Brazilian government, because it is a border region,

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336-632: The Brazilian government as a National Security Area , due to its extensive open border with other countries and its poor border surveillance. For a long time Tabatinga was a district of Benjamin Constant. Tabatinga's political emancipation occurred on December 10, 1981, under the constitutional amendment of the State of Amazonas No. 12, which now defines the Tabatinga district as an autonomous municipality . The installation of municipal offices took place on January 1, 1983. The population of Tabatinga municipality

364-572: The Colombia-Peru War . Early Leticia history mentions a Portuguese explorer who, after becoming lost in the Amazon, died of starvation at the present site of Leticia with the rest of his crew. The Peruvian captain Benigno Bustamante, then governor of the Peruvian department of Loreto, founded the city itself on April 25, 1867. Legend has it that when the Peruvian government decided to colonise

392-641: The Federal Police and the Brazilian Army to be one of the main points of entry of cocaine into Brazil. According to Brazilian police authorities, the precarious enforcement of the law and problems of neighboring nations with illicit narcotics production make Tabatinga a frequent point of entry for drugs bound for Brazil's major cities. The city is served by Tabatinga International Airport , and Tabatinga port where passengers can travel downriver by boat to Manaus or upriver to Iquitos , Peru. Colombia has

420-506: The Três Fronteiras area of Western Amazonas. It is in the Brazilian state of Amazonas . Its population was 67,182 (2020) and its area is 3,225 km . Together with the neighbouring Colombian city of Leticia and the Peruvian city of Santa Rosa de Yavari , the urban area has more than 100,000 residents spread along the Amazon River . The first Portuguese settlement in the area

448-450: The aquarium trade. Leticia has a population of 33,503 located on the left bank of the Amazon River at the point where the borders of Colombia, Brazil and Peru meet in an area called Tres Fronteras . A long-standing border dispute involving Leticia, between Colombia and Peru, was decided in 1934 by the League of Nations after these two nations were engulfed in an armed conflict known as

476-411: The 15 December 1867, the port of "San Antonio" was renamed to "Leticia" by Peruvian engineer Manuel Charón. Charón named the port in honor of a young female resident of the Peruvian city of Iquitos named Leticia Smith, who in fact, was his wife. Small border incidents between Peru and Colombia occurred in 1911, and in 1922 the two governments of those countries reached a controversial agreement awarding

504-703: The Leticia area to Colombia in exchange for recognizing Peru's rights to the zone south of the Putumayo River , which was also claimed by Ecuador . This agreement proved to be unpopular among the Peruvian population, despite the treaty's ratification in 1928, because the treaty was signed in secret and it awarded Colombia a region that had been founded by Peruvians and that had a large Peruvian population living within its borders. The Colombia-Peru War began in September 1932 when two hundred Peruvians, followed later by military troops, occupied public buildings in Leticia, which

532-458: The Peruvians, and decided to populate Leticia with people from Bogotá in order to ensure the town's loyalty to Colombia. Most of the people who came from Bogotá from the 1940s to 1965 still live in Leticia as of 2012 . During that time Leticia has expanded greatly, with a new main street being built. However, the city's industries have changed little since then, with agriculture and tourism still

560-415: The area (in order to prevent the Colombian government from claiming it first), they found a cross inscribed with the words "San Antonio", naming the new town after this cross. A legend states that a Colombian soldier fell in love with an Amerindian woman named Leticia and decided to name the settlement after her. It could also have been named after Saint Leticia . However, Peruvian records indicate that on

588-406: The area but not yet documented there. The majority of Leticia's population have migrated from elsewhere. There is no obviously dominant segment, but migrants from Bogotá , Medellín , and Tolima are the majority. Few people from Cali live in Leticia. A significant proportion of Leticia's population comprises native Amerindians (as opposed to mestizos or caboclos ). The prevailing trend

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616-413: The city of Tabatinga became part of the newly created municipality, including it as one of the subdivisions of the main district. A post between the borders of Tabatinga and Leticia in 1924 consistently defined the borders between Brazil and Colombia. On 4 June 1968, under Federal Law 5.449, the entire area of the municipality of Benjamin Constant , to which Tabatinga was subordinated, was classified by

644-417: The first was actively developing. On June 28, 1866, near the village, the border between Brazil and Peru was drawn. Until then, the region was administratively subordinated to the municipality of São Paulo de Olivença, however many few municipalities were established in the region. In 1898, with the dismantling of the territory of São Paulo de Olivença and the emancipation of the district of Benjamin Constant,

672-483: The prime sources of income. Tourism in Leticia has boomed and the town is today a recognized tourist site. International students travel to Leticia to learn Spanish. Meanwhile, students and visitors can enjoy the attractions nearby the city. Leticia features a tropical rainforest climate with minimal difference in average high and low temperatures throughout the course of the year. Leticia does have noticeably wetter and drier months, with its wettest month (March) seeing

700-614: The region contains "the greatest concentration of isolated groups in the Amazon and the world". A UN report said that the hotspot where a reporter was killed."probably [had] among the densest concentration of organized crime groups on earth”. In June 2022 Guardian reporter Dom Phillips and his companion Bruno Pereira were killed in Tabatinga in the Vale do Javari . 4°13′37″S 69°56′50″W  /  4.22694°S 69.94722°W  / -4.22694; -69.94722 This article about

728-535: The site in 1766 to become a border region with Colombia and Peru . Fernando da Costa Ataíde Teives was responsible for the creation of a military post in the region and also created a border post between the domains of the Kingdom of Portugal and Spain , alongside other military posts. The town of São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga was then established. Of the three main colonial border settlements (São Francisco Xavier de Tabatinga, Vila Ipiranga and Vila Bittencourt), only

756-512: Was founded in the 18th century as a military outpost. It became an autonomous municipality on February 1, 1983. Formerly, it was part of the municipality of Benjamin Constant . The city is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Solimões . The word Tabatinga is of indigenous origin, coming from the Tupi tobatinga , having its meaning designated as white clay or soil white . It

784-529: Was not garrisoned. Hand-to-hand combat ensued between small Colombian and Peruvian forces in early 1933. The conflict lasted until May 1933, when a cease-fire negotiated by the League of Nations went into effect in order to settle the conflict. The League finally awarded the disputed area to Colombia in June 1934. Though the League of Nations' intervention had officially ended the war, the Colombian government remained wary of

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