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Leticia es una ciudad ubicada en el extremo sur de Colombia. Es la capital del Departamento del Amazonas. A pesar de estar alejada de los principales centros urbanos del país, sin comunicación por carretera, constituye un nexo comercial importante con Brasil debido a su situación de ciudad limítrofe sobre el río Amazonas y cercana al hito tripartito con Perú y Brasil.

Actualmente reúne casi el 60% de la población del departamento, la mayor parte indígena de diversas comunidades como: los Huitotos, Ingas, Tucanos, Ticunas y Nukakus. La ciudad tiene un gran crecimiento demográfico y técnicamente forma una sola ciudad con el municipio brasileño de Tabatinga.

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Leticia is a city in the Republic of Colombia. capital of the department of Amazonas, and Colombia’s southernmost town (4.09° south 69.57° west) as well as its only major port on the river. It has an elevation of 96 meters above sea level and an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F). Leticia has long been Colombia’s shipping point for tropical fishes for the aquarium trade. Leticia has approximately 37,000 inhabitants on the left bank of the Amazon river, and at the point where Colombia, Brazil and Peru come together in an area called Tres Fronteras.

A long standing border dispute involving Leticia, between Colombia and Peru, was decided in 1934 by the League of Nations after these two nations engulfed in an armed conflict known as the Colombia-Peru War. This was the first instance of action by an international body in its powers covered by the Monroe Doctrine.

Even though it is a city within the borders of Colombia and a capital of one of its departments, Leticia is very peaceful and isolated from the problems of the rest of the country; FARC activity is limited in the deep south of Colombia.
Source: Wikipedia.

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