Florencia (Spanish pronunciation: [floˈɾensja], English: Florence) is a municipality and capital city of the Department of Caquetá, Colombia. It is the most populous city in southwest Colombia. It lies on the Orteguaza River which flows into the Caqueta River. Its population is 168,346 in 2018.[3]
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Florencia | |
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Municipality and city | |
Top: View of Plaza Pizarro, Torre Jorge Eliécer Gaitán and Palacio Municipal Luis Hernando Turbay, Second: A sightseeing boat at Biblioteca River, Third: Avenida los Fundadores, Bank of the Republic library Bottom: Caquetá Cathedral and San Francisco de Asis Square | |
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Nickname: Golden Gate to the Colombian Amazonia | |
![]() Location of the municipality and town of Florencia in the Caquetá Department of Colombia. | |
![]() ![]() Florencia Location in Colombia | |
Coordinates: 1°36′50″N 75°36′46″W | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Amazonas Region |
Department | Caquetá Department |
Founded | 1902 |
Incorporated | 1912 |
Founded by | Doroteo de Pupiales |
Named for | Florence |
Government | |
• Mayor | María Susana Portela |
Area | |
• Municipality and city | 2,292 km2 (885 sq mi) |
• Urban | 14.56 km2 (5.62 sq mi) |
Elevation | 242 m (794 ft) |
Population (2018)[1] | |
• Municipality and city | 168,346 |
• Rank | 35th in Colombia |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Urban | 147,939 |
• Urban density | 10,000/km2 (26,000/sq mi) |
• Rural | 21,519 |
DANE | |
Demonym(s) | Florencian florenciano (m), -na (f) florentino (m), -na (f) |
Ethnicity | |
• White/Mestizo | 95.9% |
• Afro | 3.3% |
• Amerindian | 0.8% |
Time zone | UTC-05 (Colombia Standard Time) |
Postal code | 180001–180009 |
Area code | 57 + 8 |
Major airport | Gustavo Artunduaga Paredes Airport |
Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
The name of the city pays homage to an Italian businessman dedicated to the rubber trade, Paolo Ricci, from the city of Florence.[4]
The area where Florencia is located was inhabited by tribes of the Andaquí ethnic group.[5] The territory where the city is located was also inhabited by Witoto and Coreguaje [es] tribes. In 1542, the territory was explored for the first time by the Spanish conquistador, Hernán Pérez de Quesada.[6] Florencia was founded on December 25, 1902 by Capuchin Friar Doroteo De Pupiales (1876-1959) Born in Pupiales, Nariño, Colombia. Rubber plantations around several areas of what is now known as the department of Caqueta encouraged the creation of the city next to the Hacha River [es].[7] The city became an important site after the creation of the trail between the settlement and the town of Guadalupe in what is now the department of Huila.[7]
Florencia is located at the foot of the Cordillera Oriental mountain range. The municipality of Florencia limits to the north with the Huila Department and the municipality of El Paujil, to the east with the municipalities of El Paujil and La Montañita, to the south with the municipalities of Milán and Morelia, and to the west with the municipality of Belén de Andaquies and the Huila Department.
Florencia has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af), and experiences significant rainfall during the course of the year. There is still a large amount of rainfall, even in the driest month. The average temperature in Florencia is 26.1 °C or 79.0 °F. In Florencia, January is the driest month, while June tends to be the wettest month. About 3,840 millimetres or 150 inches of rain falls annually during the year.
Climate data for Florencia (Caquetá) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 32.7 (90.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
30.8 (87.4) |
30.1 (86.2) |
29.9 (85.8) |
28.7 (83.7) |
28.5 (83.3) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.0 (89.6) |
30.7 (87.2) |
Average low °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.9 (71.4) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
21.0 (69.8) |
20.8 (69.4) |
20.9 (69.6) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.7 (71.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
21.5 (70.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 119 (4.7) |
191 (7.5) |
296 (11.7) |
382 (15.0) |
471 (18.5) |
503 (19.8) |
461 (18.1) |
356 (14.0) |
329 (13.0) |
325 (12.8) |
254 (10.0) |
153 (6.0) |
3,840 (151.1) |
Average relative humidity (%) | 82 | 83 | 86 | 87 | 89 | 89 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 85 | 86 | 84 | 86 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 157.5 | 109.9 | 102.5 | 82.0 | 106.4 | 95.9 | 104.1 | 123.4 | 135.4 | 141.9 | 146.8 | 149.6 | 1,455.4 |
Source: IDEAM[8] - Gobernación de Caquetá[9] |
According to a report of the first half of 2022 by the MinCIT, the main economic activities of the city were Trade and repair of vehicles with 22.6%, followed by Public Administration and Defense with 18.8% and third, Artistic Activities with 10.9%.[10]
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