Puerto Arica | |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and town |
Mapsize: | 250px |
Pushpin Map: | Colombia |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the town of Puerto Arica |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Colombia |
Subdivision Type1: | Department |
Subdivision Name1: | Amazonas Department |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 1350 |
Coordinates: | -2.1481°N -71.7533°W |
Timezone: | Colombia Standard Time |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Elevation M: | 96 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Puerto Arica is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. As of 2015, the population of Puerto Arica was 1,350.
Originally founded by Peruvian refugees from the War of the Pacific, it was awarded to Colombia after the signing of the July 1922 Salomón-Lozano Treaty.[1] [2] These refugees would later resettle in the settlement of the same name in northern Peru.
Puerto Arica has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
The municipality is served by Arica Airport.