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Isla Ratón
El Carmen de Ratón
Isla Ratón
Coordinates: 5°7′52″N 67°48′38″W / 5.13111°N 67.81056°W / 5.13111; -67.81056
Country	Venezuela
State	Amazonas
Municipality	Autana Municipality
Founded	1943
Area
• Total	40 km2 (20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	12,612
Time zone	UTC−4 (UTC-4 y UTC-5)
Climate	Am

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.^{[citation needed]}

It is made up of multi-ethnic peoples such as the curripacos, piaroa, criollos, jivi among others.^{[citation needed]}

The Colombian Peso is widely used and Colombian products are mostly sold as well as Colombian telecommunications services.

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