Vichada Department

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Vichada Department is a sparsely populated region in eastern Colombia known for its vast plains, tropical forests, and location within the Orinoquía natural region along the Orinoco River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Vichada Department canonical 12

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia
borderedByRiver Orinoco River
bordersCountry Venezuela
capital Puerto Carreño
containsIndigenousReserves true
containsProtectedArea El Tuparro National Natural Park
Nacional Natural El Tuparro Park
containsRiver Guaviare River
Meta River
Vichada River
country Colombia
economyBasedOn extensive cattle ranching
fishing
subsistence agriculture
hasBorderWith Amazonas State (Venezuela)
Bolívar State (Venezuela)
linked to: Bolívar State

Casanare Department
Guainía Department
Guaviare Department
Meta Department
hasClimate tropical savanna climate
hasEcosystem gallery forests
savanna
wetlands
hasGeography tropical forests
vast plains
hasIndigenousPeoples Curripaco people
Piaroa people
Puínave people
Sikuani people
hasMainEconomicActivity extensive livestock grazing
hasMainTransportMode river transport
small aircraft
hasNaturalRegion Orinoquía natural region
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasVegetation grasslands
tropical rainforest fragments
isOneOfLargestByAreaIn Colombia
isSparselyPopulated true
largestCity Puerto Carreño
locatedIn Llanos plains
Orinoquía Region
eastern Colombia
locatedInBasin Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin
partOf Republic of Colombia
linked to: Colombia
populationDensity very low
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
linked to: America/Bogota
utcOffset UTC−05:00

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meta Department borderedBy Vichada Department
Guaviare River formsBorderBetween Vichada Department
Guaviare River flowsThrough Vichada Department
Casanare Department borderingDepartment Vichada Department
Arauca Department bordersEntity Vichada Department
Guaviare Department borders Vichada Department
Eastern Colombia containsDepartment Vichada Department
subject linked to: eastern Colombia
Sikuani region Vichada Department
Río Meta locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vichada Department
subject linked to: Río Meta (Spanish)