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'''Miraflores''' is a town and municipality in the [[Guaviare Department]], [[Colombia]]. The municipality was created on February 8, 1990. In August 1998 a [[Colombian National Police]] Base was overrun by the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC]] guerrillas and later rebuilt and reoccupied in February 2004.<ref>[http://www.presidencia.gov.co/sne/2004/febrero/03/20032004.htm {{in lang|es}} Presidencia de Colombia: EJÉRCITO Y POLICÍA NACIONAL VOLVIERON A MIRAFLORES, GUAVIARE]</ref> The population of Guaviare in 1993 was approximately 14,381.<ref>[http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php {{in lang|es}} Nueve Millonaria: Miraflores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313112847/http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref>
==Geography==
Miraflores is located at N 01°22'14" - W 71°57'41" and 180 meters over sea level, approximately 150&nbsp;km from the capital of the Department of Guaviare, [[San Jose del Guaviare]] near the [[Itilla River|Itilla]] and [[Unilla River]]s. The territory is flat or slightly undulated and covered by jungle, typical of the [[Amazon basin]]. Climate is calid and highly humid, maintaining an average temperature throughout the year of 28&nbsp;°C. The municipality is surrounded by the [[Vaupés River]] as well as numerous other currents.<ref>[http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php {{in lang|es}} Nueve Millonaria: Miraflores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313112847/http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref>
==History==
Miraflores was founded by a group of colonizers during the 20th Century. It became a [[municipalities of Colombia|municipality of Colombia]] in 1990 when the then Comisaria of Guaviare became the Department of Guaviare.<ref>[http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php {{in lang|es}} Nueve Millonaria: Miraflores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313112847/http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref>
==Economy==
The legal economy in the region is mostly based on logging and agriculture, and to a minor scale [[artisan fishing]]. Due to the presence of the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia]] (FARC) guerrilla and other groups involved in the [[illegal drug trade in Colombia|illegal drug trade business]], the economy in Miraflores was ruled by [[coca]]. The coca paste is sometimes used as currency, substituting the local [[Colombian peso]] or the [[US dollar]].<ref>[http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php {{in lang|es}} Nueve Millonaria: Miraflores] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080313112847/http://www.nuevemillonaria.com/Loteria/Socios/miraflores.php |date=2008-03-13 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{in lang|es}} [http://www.miraflores-guaviare.gov.co/index.shtml Miraflores official website]
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[[Category:Municipalities of Guaviare Department]]