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Tapaje River

Coordinates: 2°38′42″N 78°06′51″W / 2.644981°N 78.114258°W / 2.644981; -78.114258
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Tapaje River
Tapaje River is located in Colombia
Tapaje River
Location of mouth
Location
CountryColombia
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Pacific Ocean
 • coordinates
2°38′42″N 78°06′51″W / 2.644981°N 78.114258°W / 2.644981; -78.114258

The Tapaje River is a river which flows through Colombia. It empties into the Pacific Ocean.[1]

An 1853 watercolor by Manuel María Paz (1820−1902) depicts three Indians by the Tapaje River, located in what was then the Province of Barbacoas: a boy fashioning a clay pot, a boy holding a commercially manufactured clay bottle, and an adult woman holding a paddle.[2][3]

In 2007, Afro-Colombian human rights activists requested assistance and protection for "Afro-Colombian communities in the Tapaje River" due to "recent combat operations between the Colombian Naval Forces of the Pacific, paramilitaries, and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)."[4] "Several hundred families were displaced," according to the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[5] and over 7,200 people fled to El Charco, a "small port town" located "at the mouth of the Tapaje River", according to a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.[6][7]

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References

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  1. ^ "Tapaje River". GeoNames. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Paz, Manuel María. "Indians Living by the Banks of the Tapaje River, Province of Barbacoas". World Digital Library.
  3. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993
  4. ^ "Colombia: Tapaje River area". all4all.org. 2007-04-27. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. ^ Villalon, Carlos (July 13, 2007). "Down the Rio Tapaje". Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  6. ^ UN High Commissioner for Refugees (20 Apr 2007). "A Colombian town doubles in size as thousands flee fighting". ReliefWeb.
  7. ^ Kolya Abramsky (2010). Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution: Social Struggles in the Transition to a Post-petrol World. AK Press. pp. 471–473. ISBN 978-1-84935-005-1.