Isla Ratón | |
Official Name: | El Carmen de Ratón |
Pushpin Map: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name: | Venezuela |
Subdivision Name1: | Amazonas |
Subdivision Name2: | Autana Municipality |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 1943 |
Area Total Km2: | 40 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Total: | 12,612 |
Timezone: | UTC-4 y UTC-5 |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 5.1311°N -67.8106°W |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Isla Ratón is a Venezuelan town, capital of the municipality amazonense de Autana. It is also a 40 km² fluvial island located in the course of the Orinoco River right next to the municipality of Puerto Carreño in the Department of Vichada in the Republic of Colombia.
With a population of 12,612 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census, it is the fourth most inhabited municipality after Atures. The town is called "Ratón del Carmen" and has a mayor's office, prefecture, rural medicine, malariology, cultural houses, plazas, courts, a church, schools, high schools, markets and shops.
Mouse Island was a community of few inhabitants, founded by Pedro Loroima and other companions in 1943. After its foundation, it grew until it formed a community that today has become a habitable, walkable town and one of the connectors with the other municipalities of the state.
It is made up of multi-ethnic peoples such as the curripacos, piaroa, criollos, jivi among others.
The Colombian Peso is widely used and Colombian products are mostly sold as well as Colombian telecommunications services.