Florencia, Caquetá

For other uses, see Florencia (disambiguation).

Florencia
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality and town of Florencia, Caquetá in the Caquetá Department of Colombia.
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonas Region
Department	Caquetá Department
Population
• Total	157,450
Time zone	UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time)

Florencia (Template:Lang-en) is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most important city in southeast Colombia because of its population as well as its more than a hundred years of history. It is the boundary between mountains and the Amazon. It lies on the Orteguaza River which flows into the Caqueta River. Its population is roughly 160,000.

History

Florencia was founded on December 25, 1902 by Capuchin Friar Doroteo De Pupiales (1876-1959) Born in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia.

Geography

Florencia is located by the steps of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range. The municipality of Florencia limits to the north with the Huila Department and the municipality of El Paujil, to the east with the municipalities of El Paujil and La Montañita, to the south with the municipalities of Milán and Morelia, and to the west with the municipality of Belén de Andaquies and the Huila Department.

External links

• Template:Es icon Florencia official website
• Template:Es icon Government of Caqueta; Florencia
• Template:Es icon Environmental information on Colombian Amazon region website