Mocoa () (Kamsá: Shatjok
) is a municipality and capital city of the
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
Putumayo in
Colombia.
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
*
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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