Puerto Leguízamo Puerto Leguízamo official website () is a town and municipality located in the Putumayo Department, a southern border region of Colombia. It is on the north bank of the Putumayo River.
Its Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel, is the cathedral episcopal see of the Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano.
Puerto Leguízamo is served by Caucayá Airport.
In 2026, a Lockheed C-130 crashed in the nearby forest after departing from Caucayá Airport, killing 69 out of 126 occupants.
Climate Located just a few kilometres south of the equator, Puerto Leguízamo has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round.
References
External links Informacion Ambiental de la Amazonia colombiana