Mocoa () (Kamsá: Shatjok
) is a municipality and capital city of the
department of
Putumayo in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
.
The city is located in the northwest of the
Putumayo department
Putumayo () is a department of Southern Colombia. It is in the south-west of the country, bordering Ecuador and Peru. Its capital is Mocoa.
The word ''putumayo'' comes from the Quechua languages. The verb ''p'utuy'' means "to spring forth" ...
. 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
people dead, and hundreds missing.
References
External links
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Mocoa official website*
*
Territorial-Environmental Information System of Colombian Amazon SIAT-AC website
Municipalities of Putumayo Department
Capitals of Colombian departments
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