COLOMBIAN REGIONS by Sonia Liliana Arias Murillo

Regions

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-01 22:19:11 UTC

In Colombia we have 6 regions:
1. Amazonic
2. Andean
3. Caribbean
4. Insular
5. Orinoquia
6. Pacific

Caribbean Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-01 22:22:11 UTC

It is the northernmost natural continental and maritime region of the country. It is located in the north of Colombia. It limits the north with the Caribbean Sea, to which it owes its name,

Amazonic Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-01 22:48:54 UTC

It is located in the south of the country, limiting the Andean and Orinoquía regions to the north, Venezuela to the east, Brazil to the southeast, Perú to the south and Ecuador to the southwest.

Colombia's Amazon region is the most forested with an area of 483,119 km².

Andean Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-01 22:53:13 UTC

It is located in the center of the country, limiting the Caribbean region to the north, Venezuela to the northeast, the Orinoquía to the east, the Amazon to the southeast, Ecuador to the south and the Pacific region to the west.

 The region has more than 30 million inhabitants, it is the most populated and economically active area in the country.

Orinoquia Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-02 00:16:28 UTC

It is located to the east of the country, limiting Venezuela to the north and east, Amazonia to the south and the Andean region to the west. Determined by the Orinoco river basin, it is an ecosystem characterized by being a plain.

It is a region of intense livestock activity where important struggles were staged during the Colombian and Venezuelan independence period.

Pacific Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-02 00:24:09 UTC

It is one of the six natural regions of Colombia. It includes the entire department of Chocó, and the coastal areas of the departments of Valle del Cauca, Cauca and Nariño.
It is a region with an immense ecological, hydrographic, mining and forest wealth in which there are natural national parks

Insular Region

ariasmurillo28 — 2019-09-02 00:26:47 UTC

It is the group of islands, cays and islets far from the continental coasts, such as the Archipelago of San Andrés and Providencia in the Caribbean Sea and the Malpelo and Gorgona islands in the Pacific Ocean. It does not count the river or lake islands.