AMAZON

Amazon is named after the Amazon River, and was formerly part of the Spanish Viceroyalty of Peru, a region called Spanish. It was settled by the Portuguese in the early 18th century and incorporated into the Portuguese after the Treaty of Madrid in 1750. It became a state of the Brazilian Republicin 1889.

The Amazon is the largest forest area in the world and is shared by Venezuela, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Suriname and Bolivia, is known as the lungs of the world. The Amazon region of Colombia has an area of 477,274 kilometers. It contains the largest tropical forests that make up two units: the Amazon plain flat relief and the outgoing Vaupes, consisting of isolated and very old low hills.

Country: Colombia

Department : Amazonas

Municipality: Leticia

Time Zone: ( -05: 00 h ) GMT

Altitude: 80 meters.

Temperature: 32 ° C

Area: 5,980 km2

Population: 39,651 hab .