Puerto Nariño

Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department of Colombia, located on the shore of the Amazon River.

Puerto Nariño
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Puerto Nariño in the Amazonas Department of Colombia
Puerto Nariño
Location in Colombia
Coordinates: 3°46′24″S 70°22′55″W
Country Colombia
DepartmentAmazonas Department
Area
  Total1,876 km2 (724 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAf

It has about 6,000 residents, most of them are indigenous (from the Ticuna tribe) and its specificity is that it is entirely pedestrian, no car or motorcycle being allowed, as an experiment in an ecological community. The traffic with the smaller communities along the river, and with Leticia, the only other Colombian municipality in the region, takes place by motorboats.

Its name comes from a famous Colombian general, Antonio Nariño, who took an active part in the independence war against the Spanish occupiers.

Geography

Puerto Nariño is the second municipality of the Amazonas department. It is on the edge of the River Loretoyaco, 87 km from Leticia and 1240 km from Bogota. The average temperature is 30°C.

History

The town was founded on 1961 August 18 by a doctor named Jose Humberto Espejo Hernandez.

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