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Mocoa (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈko.a]) (Kamsá: Shatjok[2]) is a municipality and capital city of the department of Putumayo in Colombia.

Mocoa
City
Plaza Central Mocoa in 2013
Flag Seal
Nickname(s): The Head of Putumayo
Location of the town and municipality of Mocoa in Putumayo Department.
Coordinates: 1°09′0″N 76°38′51″W
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazonía Region
Department	Putumayo
Foundation	March 6, 1551
Government
• Mayor	Jose Antonio Castro
Area
• Total	1,030 km² (400 sq mi)
Elevation	604 m (1,982 ft)
Population (2018[1])
• Total	56,398
• Density	55/km² (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-05 (Eastern Time Zone)

The city is located in the northwest of the Putumayo department. The municipality borders the departments of Nariño to the west and Cauca to the north.

On March 31, 2017, mudslides in Mocoa left more than 254[3] people dead, and hundreds missing.[4]

References

https://www.dane.gov.co/files/varios/informacion-capital-DANE-2019.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
O'Brien, Colleen Alena (2018). A Grammatical Description of Kamsá, A Language Isolate of Colombia (PDF).
Brodzinsky, Sibylla (2017-04-02). "Colombia landslide leaves at least 254 dead and hundreds missing". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
Brocchetto, Marilia; Ramos, Fernando; Sanchez, Ray. "Mudslides kill more than 200 people in Colombia". CNN. Retrieved 1 April 2017.

External links

(in Spanish) Mocoa official website
(in Spanish) Mocoa official website 2
(in Spanish) Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website

v t e Municipalities in the Putumayo Department
Colón Mocoa Orito Puerto Asís Puerto Caicedo Puerto Guzmán Puerto Leguízamo San Francisco San Miguel Santiago Sibundoy Valle del Guamuez Villagarzón

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На других языках

- [en] Mocoa

[ru] Мокоа

Моко́а (исп. Mocoa) — город и муниципалитет на юго-западе Колумбии, административный центр департамента Путумайо.

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