La Chorrera | |
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Municipality and town | |
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 Location of the municipality and town of La Chorrera in the Amazonas Department of Colombia | |
  La Chorrera Location in Colombia | |
| Coordinates: 1°26′49″S 72°47′40″W / 1.44694°S 72.79444°W | |
| Country |  Colombia |
| Department | .svg){kind=small} Amazonas Department |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12,670 km2 (4,890 sq mi) |
| Climate | Af |
La Chorrera is a town and municipality in the southern Colombian Department of Amazonas.[1] The population is largely engaged in agricultural production, hunting, fishing, and banana and cassava growing. The municipality was once a notable site for rubber production: exploited by the Peruvian Julio César Arana, who owned the Peruvian Amazon Company at the turn of the 20th century, north of the Putumayo River. The territory has an area of 12,670 km².
- ^ García, Uriel Gonzalo Murcia; García, Claudia Milena Huertas; Rondón, Juan Manuel Rodríguez; Castellanos, Henry Omar Augusto (2011-12-14). Monitoreo de los bosques y otras coberturas de la Amazonia Colombiana, a escala 1:100.000 Cambios multitemporales en el período 2002 al 2007 (in Spanish). Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas "SINCHI". ISBN 978-958-8317-70-0.