Caquetá Department

{{Short description|Department of Colombia}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Department of Caquetá

| native_name = Departamento del Caquetá

| native_name_lang = es

| type = Department

| image_skyline =

| image_alt =

| image_caption =

| image_map1 = Caqueta Topographic 2.png

| map_caption1 = Topography of the department

| image_flag = Flag of Caquetá.svg

| flag_alt =

| image_shield = Escudo del Caquetá.svg

| shield_alt =

| nickname =

| motto = All, For a Better Caqueta
(Spanish: Todos por un Caquetá mejor)

| anthem =

| image_map = Caqueta in Colombia (mainland).svg

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Caquetá shown in red

| coordinates = {{coord|1|37|N|75|36|W|region:CO_type:adm2nd|display=inline,title}}

| coor_pinpoint =

| coordinates_footnotes =

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Colombia}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Amazonas Region

| parts_type = Largest city

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| established_title = Department

| established_date = 1981

| established_title1 = Intendancy

| established_date1 = 1905

| blank_name_sec1 = Provinces

| blank_info_sec1 =

| blank1_name_sec1 = Municipalities

| blank1_info_sec1 = 15

| founder =

| named_for =

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Florencia

| government_footnotes =

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Governor

| leader_name = Alvaro Pacheco Alvarez (2016–2019)

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 88965

| area_rank = 3rd

| area_land_km2 =

| area_water_km2 =

| area_water_percent =

| area_note =

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m =

| population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=DANE |url=http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113143414/http://www.dane.gov.co/daneweb_V09/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75&Itemid=72 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2009 |access-date=February 13, 2013 }}

| population_total = 401,849

| population_as_of = 2018

| population_rank = 24th

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_note =

| demographics_type1 = GDP

| demographics1_footnotes = {{citation|title=Producto Interno Bruto por departamento |url=https://www.dane.gov.co/files/operaciones/PIB/departamental/anex-PIBDep-TotalDepartamento-2022pr.xlsx|website=www.dane.gov.co}}

| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = COP 5,461 billion
(US$ 1.3 billion)

| timezone1 = UTC-05

| postal_code_type =

| postal_code =

| area_code_type =

| area_code =

| iso_code = CO-CAQ

| blank_name_sec2 = HDI (2019)

| blank_info_sec2 = 0.717{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13}}
{{color|#0c0|high}} · 26th of 33

| website = [http://caqueta.gov.co/]

| footnotes =

}}

{{Historical populations

|type =

|footnote = Source:{{cite web|title=Reloj de Población|url=http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|website=DANE|publisher=Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadísitica|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180116020433/http://www.dane.gov.co/reloj/|url-status=dead}}

|1973 | 180297

|1985 | 264507

|1993 | 367898

|2005 | 420337

|2018 | 401849

}}

Caquetá Department ({{IPA|es|kakeˈta}}) is a department of Colombia. Located in the Amazonas region, Caquetá borders with the departments of Cauca and Huila to the west, the department of Meta to the north, the department of Guaviare to the northeast, the department of Vaupés to the east, the departments of Amazonas and Putumayo to the south covering a total area of 88,965 km², the third largest in the country. Its capital is the city of Florencia.