Mitú

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Mitú is a remote Colombian town that serves as the capital of the Vaupés Department in the Amazon rainforest, known for its indigenous communities and dense jungle surroundings.

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Mitú canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality
settlement
town
climate tropical rainforest climate
climateClassification Af (Köppen)
coordinateLocation approximately 1.198°N 70.173°W
country Colombia
demographics majority indigenous population
departmentCapitalOf Vaupés Department
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 200 metres
governingBody Municipal government of Mitú
hasAirportIATA MVP
hasAirportICAO SKMU
hasFeature high biodiversity
humid equatorial rainforest
hasIndigenousLanguages Arawakan languages
Tukanoan languages
linked to: Tucanoan languages
indigenousPeoples Cubeo people
Desana people
Tukano peoples
isCapitalOf Vaupés Department
knownFor Amazon rainforest environment
indigenous communities
remote location
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Vaupés Department
locatedInBasin Amazon Basin
locatedInContinent South America
locatedInCountry Colombia
locatedInRegion Amazon rainforest
Colombian Amazon
locatedOnRiver Vaupés River
officialLanguage Spanish
partOf Orinoquía–Amazonía frontier region of Colombia
population around 20,000 inhabitants
primaryEconomicActivity fishing
public administration
small-scale commerce
subsistence agriculture
roadConnection no major road connection to rest of Colombia
surroundedBy dense jungle
timeZone Colombia Standard Time
linked to: America/Bogota
transportInfrastructure Mitú Airport
transportMode air transport
river transport
utcOffset −5

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