Cartagena del Chairá

Cartagena del Chairá is a town and municipality in the Department of Caquetá. The town gained notoriety during the failed FARC-Government peace process between the Government of Colombia and the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia which still maintains operations and a high influence in the area despite the presence of the Colombian military.
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  • Type: Town with 7,590 residents
  • Description: Colombian municipality of the department of Caquetá
  • Also known as: Cartagena del Chaira

Cartagena del Chairá

Latitude
1.33452° or 1° 20′ 4″ north
Longitude
-74.84141° or 74° 50′ 29″ west
Population
7,590
Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)
Open location code
67H785M5+RC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 703168170
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3792382
Wiki­data ID
Q1391874
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Waray—“Cartagena del Chairá” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Cartagena del Chairá (Colombia)
  • Asturian: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Cebuano: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Chinese: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Chinese: 卡塔赫納德爾柴拉
  • Chinese: 卡塔赫纳德尔柴拉
  • Dutch: Cartagena del Chaira
  • Dutch: Cartagena del Chairá
  • French: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Galician: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Georgian: კარტახენა-დელ-ჩაირა
  • German: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Irish: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Italian: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Japanese: カルタヘナ・デル・チャイラ
  • Malay: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Persian: کارتاخنا دل چایرا
  • Polish: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Portuguese: Cartagena de Chairá
  • Portuguese: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Russian: Картахена-дель-Чайра
  • Spanish: Cartagena del Chaira
  • Spanish: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Swedish: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Tagalog: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Turkish: Cartagena del Chaira (belediye)
  • Turkish: Cartagena del Chairá (belediye)
  • Turkish: Cartagena del Chaira belediyesi
  • Turkish: Cartagena del Chairá belediyesi
  • Turkish: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Vietnamese: Cartagena del Chairá
  • Waray (Philippines): Cartagena del Chairá
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