Puerto_Carreño
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Puerto Carreño (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpweɾto kaˈreɲo]) is the departmental capital city, and a municipality of the department of Vichada in the Llanos of Colombia located on the Orinoco River. Puerto Carreño is best-known as a tourist gateway to hundreds of adventure, ecological and sustainable tourism destinations, it is well-known for peacock bass fishing on the Vita River, Indigenous artisan
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Puerto Carreno
Picacho del Orinoco | |
|---|---|
Consolidated Capital City | Municipality | |
| Puerto Carreño | |
From the top: Puerto Carreño skyline panorama, street in the city, statues of Indigenous peoples near docks, Orinoco River beach and a discoteque/restaurant floating on the Orinoco. | |
| Nickname: Capital of Indigenous Artisans | |
Location of the capital city and municipality of Puerto Carreño in the Department of Vichada. | |
| Coordinates: 6°11′25″N 67°29′01″W / 6.19028°N 67.48361°W | |
| Country | |
| Region | Orinoquía |
| Department | Department of Vichada |
| Foundation | 1913 |
| Named after | Pedro María Carreño, Commissioner 1912 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jair Esteban Beltrán |
| Area | |
• Consolidated Capital City | Municipality | 12,409 km (4,791 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 7.5 km (2.9 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 22.5 km (8.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 51 m (167 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Consolidated Capital City | Municipality | 20,936 |
• Estimate (2023) | 22,500 |
| • Density | 1.6872/km (4.3697/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 12,897 |
| • Metro | 14,974 |
| Demonym | Carreñense |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (COT) |
| Climate | Am |
| Website | Government Tourism Council |
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