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Amazonas Coat of arms Motto: Entre todos podemos (Spanish: All
of us, can) Anthem: Himno del Amazonas Amazonas shown in red
Amazonas shown in red Country  Colombia Region Amazonía Region
Established October 5, 1991 Capital Leticia  • Governor Carlos
Rodríguez Celis (Colombian Green Party)  • Total 109,665 km2
(42,342 sq mi) Area rank 1st Population (2013)[2]  • Total
74,541  • Rank 30th  • Density 0.68/km2 (1.8/sq mi) Time zone
UTC-05 ISO 3166 code CO-AMA  Department of Amazonas (Spanish:
Departamento del Amazonas, Spanish pronunciation: [amaˈsonas])
is a department of Colombia in the south of the country. Its
capital is Leticia. Its name comes from the Amazon River that
drains much in the department and the rainforest that covers a
large part of the department.   The department name comes from
the name of the Amazon River. Th