Mitu is the capital of Vaupés Department in southeastern Colombia, on the Vaupés River within the Amazon Basin at 180 meters elevation. Founded in 1936, the town had approximately 29,850 residents in the 2018 census. Mitu is described as the most isolated capital in Colombia, reachable only by airplane or river since no roads connect it to the rest of the country, and it serves as the commercial and transportation hub for the department.
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1. Mitu (Wikipedia)
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Mitú (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈtu]) is the capital town of the department of Vaupés in Colombia.
2. Wikipedia: Mitú
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Founded in 1936, Mitú lies next to the Vaupés River at 180 meters above sea level.
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.25, -70.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 1.25, -70.25
1.25 -70.25 Af
4. GeoNames: Mitú - GeoNames
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1.25744 -70.23551 P PPLA CO 30 97001 29850 174 America/Bogota
Mitu (Wikipedia)
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