Puerto Alegría


Puerto Alegría is a town and municipality in the Colombian Department of Amazonas. Puerto Alegria was founded by Orlando Benjumea and Reinaldo Martínez, and officially recognized by the Colombian government as a municipality on January 1, 1981. The area contributes to Colombia's agricultural industry with its cultivation of yucca, corn, plantains, fruits, and avocado farms; it also produces livestock such as laying hens, cows, and pigs. The town of Puerto Alegria has a population of 1,531 people, and has a population density of just 0.2/ km2. In 2005, the population was 1,277. Overall, it has a land area of and lies an altitude of above sea level. Ingrid Camacho Nini Stella is the town's mayor.

Climate

Puerto Alegría has a tropical rainforest climate with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.