Caquetá Department

Department of Caquetá Departamento del Caquetá
Department
Flag Coat of arms
Motto(s): All, For a Better Caqueta (Spanish: Todos por un Caquetá mejor)
Caquetá shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 1°37′N 75°36′W / 1.617°N 75.600°W / 1.617; -75.600
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonas Region
Established	1982
Capital	Florencia
Government
• Governor	Alvaro Pacheco Alvarez (2016-2019)
Area
• Total	88,965 km² (34,350 sq mi)
• Rank	3rd
Population (2018)^[1]
• Total	401,849
• Rank	24th
• Density	4.5/km² (12/sq mi)
GDP ^[2]
• Total	COP 5,461 billion (US$ 1.3 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-CAQ
Municipalities	15
HDI (2019)	0.717^[3] high · 26th of 33
Website	[1]

Caquetá Department (Spanish pronunciation: [kakeˈta]) is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas and Putumayo to the south covering a total area of 88,965 km², the third largest in the country. Its capital is the city of Florencia.

Municipalities

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^ "Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
^ "Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.