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Orinoco region (Region of the Orinoquía)
Information
Country	Colombia
Area	285 437 km²
Population	2 227 380 hab.
Density	7,8 inhab./km²
Location
3 ° 42 ′ 36 ″ N 71 ° 25 ′ 48 ″ W
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The Orinoco region is one of the five natural regions of Colombia.

Understand

Regions

Cities

• 7.090278-70.7588891 Arauca  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 2.182-73.7872 The Macarena  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 6.187778-67.4730563 Puerto Carreño  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 4.314169-72.08254 Puerto Gaitán  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 4.141-73.6265 Villavicencio  (last update Feb. 2018)
• 5.336-72.3946 Yopal  (last update Feb. 2018)

Other destinations

• 6.517016-72.1788051 Sierra Nevada del Cocuy National Park (Parque nacional natural El Cocuy)  – in the departments of Aruca and Casanare, as well as in that of Boyacá in the Andean region. The "Ritacuba Blanco" (Ritak'uwa) is the highest point (altitude 5 410 m). 3 060 km² (last update Feb. 2018)
• 5.2833-68.06662 El Tuparro National Natural Park (Parque nacional natural El Tuparro)  – in the department of Vichada. 5 480 km² (last update Feb. 2018)
• 4.5469-73.66193 Chingaza National Natural Park  – At the gates of Bogotá, in the department of Cundinamarca (Andean region) and that of Meta. 766 km² (last update Feb. 2018)
• 3.017-744 Sierra de la Macarena National Natural Park (in the Serranía de la Macarena) – in the Meta department. 6 200 km² (last update Feb. 2018)

To go

By plane

• 7.0688-70.73691 Santiago Pérez Quiroz Airport (IATA : AUC, ICAO: SKUC, Aeropuerto Santiago Pérez Quiroz) (south-east of Arauca, in the department of Arauca and 2 km south of the Venezuelan border) (last updated Oct 2019)
• 5.3196-72.38622 El Alcaraván Airport (IATA : EYP, ICAO: SKYP, Aeropuerto El Alcaraván) (on the south-eastern outskirts of Yopal, in the department of Casanare) (last updated Oct 2019)

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