Arauca Department

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Arauca Department is a region in northeastern Colombia known for its vast plains (Llanos), oil production, and border with Venezuela.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia ⓘ
bordersCountry Venezuela ⓘ
bordersEntity Apure State ⓘ
Boyacá Department ⓘ
Casanare Department ⓘ
Táchira State ⓘ
Vichada Department ⓘ
borderTypeWithVenezuela land border ⓘ
capital Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
climateType tropical savanna climate ⓘ
containsProtectedArea El Cocuy National Natural Park buffer zones ⓘ
country Colombia ⓘ
establishedAsDepartment 1991 ⓘ
hasDemonym araucano ⓘ
arauqueño ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Guahibo ⓘ
Sikuani ⓘ
U’wa ⓘ
hasMunicipality Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department

Arauquita ⓘ
Cravo Norte ⓘ
Fortul ⓘ
Puerto Rondón ⓘ
Saravena ⓘ
Tame ⓘ
knownFor border trade with Venezuela ⓘ
cattle ranching ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
vast plains ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn northeastern Colombia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Orinoquía Region ⓘ
locatedOnContinent South America ⓘ
majorCity Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department

Saravena ⓘ
Tame ⓘ
officialName Departamento de Arauca ⓘ
partOfBasin Orinoco River basin ⓘ
linked to: Orinoco Basin
partOfNaturalRegion Llanos ⓘ
previousAdministrativeStatus national territory ⓘ
primaryEconomicSector agriculture ⓘ
livestock ⓘ
petroleum industry ⓘ
timeZone Colombia Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Arauca River ⓘ
Casanare River ⓘ
Meta River ⓘ
utcOffset UTC−05:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (33)

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

Boyacá Department → borderedBy → Arauca Department ⓘ
Casanare Department → borderingDepartment → Arauca Department ⓘ
Arauca Department → capital → Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Arauca Department → hasMunicipality → Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Arauca Department → majorCity → Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Departamento de Meta → hasBorderWith → Departamento del Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes → contains → Arauca Department (mountain foothills) ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Sierra Nevada del Cocuy → locatedIn → Arauca Department ⓘ
Departamento de Boyacá → borders → Departamento de Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Departamento de Casanare → borders → Departamento de Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Eastern Colombia → containsDepartment → Arauca Department ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Colombia
Sikuani → region → Arauca Department ⓘ
Arauca River → flowsThrough → Arauca Department ⓘ
Arauca River → hasMajorCityOnBank → Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Colombia–Venezuela border region → containsBorderCrossingCity → Arauca ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Cravo Norte → locatedIn → Arauca Department ⓘ
Cravo Norte → departmentCapital → Arauca (city) ⓘ
linked to: Arauca Department
Cravo Norte → countrySubdivision → Arauca Department ⓘ
Fortul → locatedIn → Arauca Department ⓘ
Fortul → hasBorderingDepartment → Arauca Department ⓘ
Tame → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Arauca Department ⓘ
Arauquita → locatedIn → Arauca Department ⓘ
Concavo → region → Arauca Department ⓘ
Toti → region → Arauca Department ⓘ