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El Encanto

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El Encanto
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El Encanto

Total population

2,100

Coordinates-1.74°, -73.21°

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Overview

El Encanto is a town and municipality in the Amazonas Department of Colombia. It is located in the mouth of the Cara Paraná River, a tributary of the Putumayo River (Içá). El Encanto can be reached by air or river. The local navy base has a runway available only to military and official planes, established during the Colombia-Peru War. By river the closest towns with airport access are Puerto Arturo, Peru from downstream, and Puerto Leguízamo upstream.

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Latitude
-1.7445
Longitude
-73.2091
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Sources

  • Wikipedia
  • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image