Guaviare Department

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Guaviare Department is a sparsely populated administrative region in southeastern Colombia known for its Amazonian rainforest, rivers, and role as a frontier between the Andes and the Amazon basin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf department of Colombia
borderBetween Amazon rainforest region
linked to: Amazon rainforest

Andes region
linked to: Andes
borders Caquetá Department
Guainía Department
Guaviare River
Meta Department
Vaupés Department
Vichada Department
capital San José del Guaviare
characterizedBy Amazonian rainforest
sparsely populated territory
tropical rivers
contains Calamar, Guaviare
El Retorno, Guaviare
Miraflores, Guaviare
San José del Guaviare
country Colombia
governedBy Governor of Guaviare
hasClimate tropical rainforest climate
hasEcosystem Amazon rainforest
savanna-forest transition zone
hasISO3166-2Code CO-GUV
hasMajorRiver Ariari River NERFINISHED
Guaviare River
Inírida River
Vaupés River
hasMunicipality Calamar, Guaviare
El Retorno, Guaviare
Miraflores, Guaviare
San José del Guaviare
hasOfficialLanguage Spanish
hasRegionalImportance gateway to Colombian Amazon
hasSettlementType department
knownFor archaeological rock art sites
biodiversity
role as frontier between Andes and Amazon basin
languageOfOfficialName Spanish
locatedIn Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin

southeastern Colombia
locatedInContinent South America
namedAfter Guaviare River
officialName Departamento del Guaviare
linked to: Guaviare Department
partOf Amazonas–Orinoquía natural region of Colombia
Republic of Colombia
linked to: Colombia
subdivisionType department
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
linked to: America/Bogota
utcOffset UTC−05:00

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Meta Department borderedBy Guaviare Department
Colombian Amazon region contains Guaviare Department
Guaviare River formsBorderBetween Guaviare Department
Guaviare River flowsThrough Guaviare Department
Vichada Department hasBorderWith Guaviare Department
Departamento de Meta hasBorderWith Departamento de Guaviare
linked to: Guaviare Department
Guaviare Department officialName Departamento del Guaviare
linked to: Guaviare Department
Caquetá Department borderingDepartment Guaviare Department
Putumayo Department bordersDepartment Guaviare Department
San José del Guaviare capitalOf Guaviare Department
San José del Guaviare transportHubFor Guaviare Department
Chiribiquete National Natural Park locatedIn Guaviare Department
Vaupés Department bordersWith Guaviare Department
Eastern Colombia containsDepartment Guaviare Department
subject linked to: eastern Colombia
Eastern Plains of Colombia containsDepartment Guaviare Department