Miraflores, Guaviare

Miraflores, Guaviare
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of Miraflores, Guaviare in the Guaviare Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Miraflores, Guaviare in the Guaviare Department of Colombia.
Country Colombia
DepartmentGuaviare Department
Area
[1]
 • Total11,709 km2 (4,521 sq mi)
Population
 (Census 2018[2])
 • Total5,007
 • Density0.43/km2 (1.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
ClimateAm

Miraflores is a town and municipality in the Guaviare Department, Colombia. The municipality was created on February 8, 1990. In August 1998 a Colombian National Police Base was overrun by the FARC guerrillas and later rebuilt and reoccupied in February 2004.[3] The population of Guaviare in 1993 was approximately 14,381.[4]

  1. ^ "Municipalities of Colombia". statoids. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Censo Nacional de Población y Vivienda 2018" (in Spanish). DANE. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  3. ^ (in Spanish) Presidencia de Colombia: EJÉRCITO Y POLICÍA NACIONAL VOLVIERON A MIRAFLORES, GUAVIARE
  4. ^ (in Spanish) Nueve Millonaria: Miraflores Archived 2008-03-13 at the Wayback Machine