Puerto Carreno is the capital of Vichada Department in the Orinoquia region of Colombia, at the confluence of the Orinoco and Meta rivers, which form the border with Venezuela. The 2018 census recorded approximately 20,936 residents, about 54 percent of them indigenous. Set amid flat llanos plains, the city is known for peacock bass fishing, indigenous handicrafts, and agricultural products such as cashew and mango, and it has been developing as an ecotourism destination.
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1. Puerto Carreno (Wikipedia)
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Puerto Carreño (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto kaˈreɲo]) is the departmental capital city, and a municipality of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia located on the Orinoco River.
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51
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Puerto Carreño
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1913
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 6.25, -67.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 6.25, -67.25
6.25 -67.25 Am
4. GeoNames: Puerto Carreño - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3671519, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3671519, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
6.19041 -67.48391 P PPLA CO 31 99001 20936 16 America/Bogota
Puerto Carreno (Wikipedia)
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