Mocoa is the capital of Putumayo Department in the Amazonia region of Colombia, lying on the fringes of the Andes in the Caqueta River basin and surrounded by Amazon rainforest. Founded in 1551, the municipality had approximately 38,457 residents in 2018, up from about 27,104 in 2005. On March 31, 2017, flooding and mudslides in the city killed more than 254 people. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Sources
1. GeoNames: Mocoa
GeoNames geonameid 3674654 (Mocoa), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Mocoa (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 1.149167, longitude -76.646389
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 604 m
P2046 (area)
area 1030.0 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1551
View the SourceMocoa (Wikipedia)
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Mocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈko.a]) (Kamëntšá: Shatjok) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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