San Vicente del Caguán

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San Vicente del Caguán
Municipality and town
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Location of the municipality and town of San Vicente del Caguán in the Caquetá Department of Colombia.
Coordinates: 02°06′37″N 74°06′07″W / 2.11028°N 74.10194°W / 2.11028; -74.10194
Country	Colombia
Department	Caquetá Department
Government
• Alcalde	Domingo Emilio Pérez Cuellar
Area
• Municipality and town	21,923 km2 (8,465 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2015)
• Municipality and town	67,994
• Density	3.1/km2 (8.0/sq mi)
• Urban	41,948
	DANE
Time zone	UTC-5 (Colombia Standard Time)
Website	www.sanvicentedelcaguan.gov.co

San Vicente del Caguán (Spanish pronunciation: [sam biˈsente ðel kaˈɣwan]) is a town and municipality in Amazonian Caquetá Department, southern Colombia.

Religion[]

Its Marian Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes (dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy) is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Vicente del Caguán.

History[]

Between 1998 and 2002, San Vicente del Caguán was the center of the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which was created as a safe haven for the revolutionary FARC rebels. Two days after the peace talks were ended, Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped while entering the former DMZ.

External links[]

• Media related to San Vicente del Caguán at Wikimedia Commons
• (in Spanish) San Vicente del Caguán official website

Coordinates: 2°07′N 74°46′W / 2.117°N 74.767°W / 2.117; -74.767

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