Tres Fronteras

Tres Fronteras (Spanish for "Three Borders" ) is ( a triangle ) called the border between Brazil, Peru and Colombia, in the Amazon basin.

The three in the Amazon situated, coalesced border towns Leticia (Colombia ), Santa Rosa ( Peru) and Tabatinga (Brazil ) have together approximately 100,000 inhabitants. The cities of Leticia and Tabatinga are separated by a land border, while the village of Santa Rosa is separated by a river boundary. Santa Rosa is located on an island.

In 1922 the boundaries of the area was settled by the Treaty of Salomón - Lozano. Since Peru in this agreement provided benefits for Colombia, there were 1932 Leticia war, which culminated in 1933 in an interim administration of the territory by the League of Nations. After a bilateral agreement under the mediation of Brazil Leticia in 1934 was again handed over to Colombia, Peru but guaranteed free access to the Amazon and Rio Putumayo and clarify legal issues of river navigation.

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• Border area
• Border region
• Region in South America
• Geography (Brazil )
• Geography (Peru )
• Geography (Colombia )
• Departamento de Amazonas
• Loreto (Region)
• Amazonas ( Brazil)