# Barrancominas Municipality, Guainía Department – Villages

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Municipality · Guainía Department 

# Barrancominas

Barrancominas is a municipality of Colombia in Guainía Department. It had an estimated **9,225 people** in 2025 on 9,414 km² (about 1.0 per km²). 29 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 3 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 9,225people (2025)
- 9,414km²
- 3mapped services
- 126 mtypical elevation

## How many people live in Barrancominas?

Barrancominas had an estimated **9,225 people** in 2025 — 17.1% of Guainía Department, 729th of 1121 municipalities. There are 875 women for every 1,000 men (below the Guainía Department figure of 941). Spread over 9,414 km², that is about **1.0 people per km²**, 1095th of 1121 municipalities.

47.0% of people are children under 15 and 2.7% are 65 or older; the median age is about 16 years (it is 22 across Guainía Department). For every 100 people of working age (15–64) there are 99 children and older people.

0–4 ****1,669**

5–9 ****1,343**

10–14 ****1,323**

15–19 ****1,288**

20–24 ****1,067**

25–29 ****655**

30–34 ****372**

35–39 ****276**

40–44 ****255**

45–49 ****236**

50–54 ****198**

55–59 ****164**

60–64 ****133**

65–69 ****87**

70–74 ****66**

75–79 ****54**

80–84 ****28**

85–89 ****9**

90–94 ****2**

95+ ****0**

Source: [Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) via OCHA HDX, population 2025 (COD-PS, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ps-col).

## Where is Barrancominas?

Barrancominas lies in [Guainía Department](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/guainia/), [Colombia](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/). It borders 4 other municipalities: [Cumaribo](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/vichada/cumaribo/), [Inírida](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/guainia/inirida/), [Mapiripana](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/guainia/mapiripana/) and [Morichal](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/guainia/morichal/). By area it is the 27th largest of 1,122 municipalities in Colombia. It covers 13.3% of [Guainía Department](https://wherepedia.org/colombia/guainia/). The centre of Barrancominas is about 533 km in a straight line from Bogotá, the capital. It is about 187 km from Inírida, the main town of Guainía Department. The centre point is at 3.2188° N, 69.4841° W.

Source: [Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-col).

## Know before you go: Barrancominas

- Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Bogota
- CurrencyPeso (COP)
- Country calling code+57
- LanguagesSpanish
- Plug typesType A, B · 110 V
- Driving sideRight
- Postcode format6 digits (######)

### Nearest airports

- Obando Cesar Gaviria Trujillo Airport (PDA) · Puerto Inírida189 km
- Fabio Alberto Leon Bentley Airport (MVP) · Mitú234 km

### Daylight

Days are longest in Jun (about 12.3 hours, sunrise around 05:28) and shortest in Dec (about 11.9 hours, sunrise around 05:34, sunset around 17:31).

Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/).

Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling.

## Villages and localities in Barrancominas

Open gazetteers list **29 villages, towns and localities** in Barrancominas. Settlements here lie between about 111 m and 180 m above sea level (median 126 m).

- Arabia
- Arrecifal
- Barranco Minas
- Barranco Murcielago
- Barranco Murciélago
- Barranco Picure
- Boca Caño Mina
- Boca del Uva
- Caribén
- Caserío indígena
- Cordillera del Guaviare
- Cumaral
- El Cesar
- El Ubio
- La Palmita
- La Potrera
- Laguna Colorada
- Manaciare
- Naipo
- Palmita
- Pueblo Nuevo
- Puerto Castaña
- Puerto Nuevo
- Puerto Ramos
- San Juan de Minisiare
- Santa Fe
- Santa Rosa
- Sapuara
- Sapuará

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright).

## Landscape and landmarks of Barrancominas

Named natural and historic features inside Barrancominas, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

15 lakes; 13 rivers and streams.

- Caño Chiguiro
- Caño Guacharaca
- Caño Mina
- Caño Mina
- Caño Minisiare
- Caño Minisiare
- Caño Minisiare
- Caño Picure
- Caño Picure
- Caño Wiña
- Laguna Apitoa
- Laguna Arrecifal
- Laguna Caimán
- Laguna Colorada
- Laguna Cumaral
- Laguna Curvina
- Laguna Laguna Trueno
- Laguna Marimonda
- Laguna Piedra
- Laguna Raya
- Laguna Rayado
- Laguna Santa Rosa
- Laguna Toruno
- Laguna Trueno

…and 4 more.

### Getting around

1 airport.

- Barranco Minas Airport

Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/).

Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate.

## Weather in Barrancominas and the best time to visit

In Barrancominas, the warmest month is Feb (average 26 °C) and the coolest is Jul (24 °C). About 2,733 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is May (361 mm) and the driest Jan (140 mm). No month is both mild and dry, so plan around the rains.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 25 140 

Feb 26 145 

Mar 26 193 

Apr 25 266 

May 25 361 

Jun 25 331 

Jul 24 311 

Aug 25 241 

Sep 25 221 

Oct 26 197 

Nov 25 164 

Dec 25 164 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Barrancominas

Need Nearest mapped Distance 

School Escuela Agapito Sandoval · Barrancominas 14 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=3.31111&mlon=-69.39667#map=17/3.31111/-69.39667) 

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km.

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Barrancominas

Places mapped inside Barrancominas in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Schools3

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Other municipalities in Guainía Department

- Cacahual
- Inírida
- La Guadalupe
- Mapiripana
- Morichal
- Pana Pana
- Puerto Colombia
- San Felipe

## Quick answers

- Where is Barrancominas?In Guainía Department, Colombia
- What is the population of Barrancominas?9,225 (2025 estimate)
- What is the median age in Barrancominas?About 16 years (2025 estimate)
- What is the population density of Barrancominas?About 1.0 people per km²
- What borders Barrancominas?Cumaribo, Inírida, Mapiripana and Morichal
- What time zone is Barrancominas in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in Barrancominas?Peso (COP)
- What language is spoken in Barrancominas?Spanish (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Barrancominas?29 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Barrancominas?Settlements lie between 111 m and 180 m
- What is the P-code of Barrancominas?CO94343 (OCHA common operational dataset)