Vichada

Depairtment o Vichada Departamento del Vichada
Depairtment
Banner Coat airms
Motto(s):  Tierra de hombres para hombres sin tierra Land o men for men athoot land
Vichada shown in red
Coordinates: 6°11′N 67°28′W
Kintra	Colombie
Region	Orinoquía Region
Established	4 Julie 1991
Caipital	Puerto Carreño
Area
• Total	100242 km2 (38,704 sq mi)
Area rank	2
Population  (2005)
• Total	97,276
• Rank	31
• Density	0.97/km2 (2.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-VIC
Municipalities	4
Website	www.gobvichada.gov.co

Vichada (Spaingie: Departamento del Vichada) is a depairtment o the Colombie in Sooth Americae. Vichada is locatit in the eastren plains o Colombie, in the Orinoquia Region athin the Orinoco river basin. The depairtment is the seicont lairgest in Colombie an scarcely populatit in comparison tae ither depairtments.

The depairtment o Vichada wis previously a commissary established in 1913.

The lairgest toun an caipital o the depairtment is Puerto Carreño locatit in extreme northeastren pairt o the depairtment an borderin Venezuela. the depairtment is subdividit intae fower municipalities; Puerto Carreño, La Primavera, Santa Rosalía an Cumaribo. It contains 46 indigenous reserves an 6 commonties an aw.

History

In 1913 the govrenment o Colombie creatit the commissar o Vichada an the caipital wis established in a locality kent as El Picacho atween the Meta an Orinoco rivers. The toun wis namit Puerto Carreño in honor o Pedro María Carreño, then actin Meenister o Govrenment.

In August 1974, Puerto Carreño wis elevatit tae the category o municipality bi decree 1594 o that same year.

On 5 Julie 1991 Vichada wis elevatit tae the category o depairtment an Puerto Carreño as its caipital.

Municipalities

Poleetical diveesion, municipalities o Vichada

1. Cumaribo
2. La Primavera
3. Puerto Carreño
4. Santa Rosalía

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• (in Spaingie) Govrenment o Vichada offeecial wabsteid Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine