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Department of Guainía Departamento de Guainía
Department
Mavecure Hill
FlagCoat of arms
Guainía shown in red
Topography of the department
Coordinates: 3°51′55″N 67°55′26″W / 3.86528°N 67.92389°W / 3.86528; -67.92389
Country	Colombia
Region	Amazon Region
Capital	Inírida
Government
• Governor	Javier Eliecer Zapata Parrado (2016–2019)
Area
• Total	72,238 km (27,891 sq mi)
• Rank	5th
Population
• Total	48,114
• Rank	33rd
• Density	0.67/km (1.7/sq mi)
GDP
• Total	COP 498 billion (US$ 0.1 billion)
Time zone	UTC-05
ISO 3166 code	CO-GUA
HDI (2019)	0.670 medium · 32nd of 33

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1964	3,602	—
1973	6,637	+84.3%
1985	12,345	+86.0%
1993	28,478	+130.7%
2005	35,230	+23.7%
2018	48,114	+36.6%
Source:

Guainía (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡwajˈni.a]; Yuri language: "Land of many waters") is a department of Eastern Colombia. It is in the east of the country, bordering Venezuela and Brazil. Its capital is Inírida. In 1963 Guainía was split off from Vaupés department. The northern part and the Inírida River are included in the Orinoco basin; the rest is part of the Amazon basin. The Guaviare River is the main area of colonization; many colonos come from the Colombian Andean zone, most of them from Boyacá. They are followed by the llaneros, people from the Eastern plains (Llanos). The population is mainly composed of Amerindians, and the largest ethnic groups are the Puinaves (from the makú-puinave family) and the curripacos (from the Arawak family). There are a total of 24 ethnic groups in the department; many of them speak four Indigenous languages besides Spanish and Portuguese.

Municipalities

There are two municipalities in Guainía: Inírida, its capital, and Barranco Minas. The rest of the territory is subdivided in corregimientos departamentales, a pending figure due to public disorder. This case happens only in Amazonas, Vaupés and Vichada. Barranco Minas is the second biggest population and a municipality since 2019; it is located on the Guaviare River.

The Guainía corregimientos are:

References

"DANE". Archived from the original on November 13, 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
"Producto Interno Bruto por departamento", www.dane.gov.co
"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
"Reloj de Población". DANE. Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
"Sentencia C-141/01" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2008-07-27.
"Barrancominas nace como el municipio 1.103 de Colombia". www.guainia.gov.co (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2021-09-19.