Mocoa

Municipality and city in Amazonía Region, Colombia

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The Head of Putumayo

Location of the town and municipality of Mocoa in Putumayo Department.

Coordinates: 1°09′0″N 76°38′51″W / 1.15000°N 76.64750°W / 1.15000; -76.64750Country

ColombiaRegionAmazonía RegionDepartment

PutumayoFoundationMarch 6, 1551Government

• MayorJose Antonio CastroArea

• Municipality and city1,305 km² (504 sq mi) • Urban

5.61 km² (2.17 sq mi)Elevation

604 m (1,982 ft)Population

(2018 census)^[1]

• Municipality and city56,398 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi) • Urban

38,457 • Urban density6,900/km² (18,000/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-05 (Eastern Time Zone)

Mocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈko.a]) (Kamsá: Shatjok^[2]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.

The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.

On March 31, 2017, mudslides in Mocoa left more than 254^[3] people dead, and hundreds missing.^[4]

References

^ Citypopulation.de Population of Mocoa municipality with localities
^ O'Brien, Colleen Alena (2018). A Grammatical Description of Kamsá, A Language Isolate of Colombia (PDF).
^ Brodzinsky, Sibylla (2017-04-02). "Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
^ Brocchetto, Marilia; Ramos, Fernando; Sanchez, Ray. "Mudslides kill more than 200 people in Colombia". CNN. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

External links

(in Spanish) Mocoa official website
(in Spanish) Mocoa official website 2
(in Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

Municipalities in the Putumayo Department