Leticia

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Leticia

Total population

66,000

Coordinates-4.21°, -69.94°

Demographic figures from DANE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Leticia is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town and one of the major ports on the Amazon River. It has an elevation of 96 meters (315') above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F). Leticia has long been Colombia's shipping point for tropical fish for the aquarium trade. Leticia has a population of 33,503 located on the left bank of the Amazon River at the point where the borders of Colombia, Brazil and Peru meet in an area called Tres Fronteras. It is the largest Colombian settlement in the Southern Hemisphere.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.