Leticia

Also known as Letizia, City of Leticia

capital of the Colombian department of Amazonas

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Leticia is the capital city of Amazonas, a department (administrative region) in Colombia. It is significant as the main urban center in this remote Amazonian region of South America.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: border city
Demonym: Leticiano
Country: Colombia
Located in: Colombia
Population: 55691
Elevation: 96
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Body of water: Amazon
Capital of: Amazonas Department
Shares border with: Peru
Official website: www.leticia-amazonas.gov.co
Image: Leticia montaje.png

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twinned administrative body: Iquitos
Commons category: Leticia (Colombia)
topic's main category: Category:Leticia (Colombia)
inception: 1867-00-00
OpenStreetMap zoom level: 5
airline hub: Amazonas Department

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Encyclopedic overview

Leticia ( Spanish pronunciation: [leˈtisja]) is the southernmost city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) 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.

Amazonas shore.

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