| Tapaje River | |
|---|---|
  Location of mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Colombia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
| • location | Pacific Ocean |
| • coordinates | 2°38′42″N 78°06′51″W / 2.644981°N 78.114258°W / 2.644981; -78.114258 |
The Tapaje River is a river which flows through Colombia. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.
An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) depicts three Indians by the Tapaje River, located in what was then the Province of Barbacoas: a boy fashioning a clay pot, a boy holding a commercially manufactured clay bottle, and an adult woman holding a paddle.
In 2007, Afro-Colombian human rights activists requested assistance and protection for "Afro-Colombian communities in the Tapaje River" due to "recent combat operations between the Colombian Naval Forces of the Pacific, paramilitaries, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)." "Several hundred families were displaced," according to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and over 7,200 people fled to El Charco, a "small port town" located "at the mouth of the Tapaje River", according to a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
See also
References
- "Tapaje River". GeoNames. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
- Paz, Manuel María. "Indians Living by the Banks of the Tapaje River, Province of Barbacoas". World Digital Library.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993
- "Colombia: Tapaje River area". all4all.org. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- Villalon, Carlos (July 13, 2007). "Down the Rio Tapaje". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees (20 Apr 2007). "A Colombian town doubles in size as thousands flee fighting". ReliefWeb.
- Kolya Abramsky (2010). Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-petrol World. AK Press. pp. 471–473. ISBN 978-1-84935-005-1.
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