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Department of Guaviare
Departamento del Guaviare

Department of Colombia
Flag of the Department of Guaviare Coat of arms of the Department of Guaviare
Guaviare shown in red
Established
Region
Capital	San José del Guaviare
Governor - Governor's Political Party	Oscar de Jesús López Cadavid [[]]
Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of total)	Ranked 53,460 km² km² km² (%)
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	Ranked 133,236 2,5/km²
ISO code	CO-GUV
Government's Website: [1]

Guaviare is a department of Colombia. It is in the southern central region of the country. Its capital is San José del Guaviare. Guaviare was created on July 4, 1991 by the new Political Constitution of Colombia. Up until that point, it was a national territory that operated as a Commissariat, segregated from territory of the then Commissariat of Vaupés on December 23, 1977.

Municipalities

1. Calamar
2. El Retorno
3. Miraflores
4. San José del Guaviare

Demographics

The Nukak, a nomadic tribe that was uncontacted until 1988, live in Guaviare.

References

• (Spanish) Government of Guaviare official website

External links

• (Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

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