Nuquí

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Nuquí
Municipality and town
Location of the municipality and town of Nuquí in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Location of the municipality and town of Nuquí in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
Country  Colombia
Department Chocó Department
Time zone Colombia Standard Time (UTC-5)

Nuquí is a municipality and town in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The municipality of Nuquí is located in the department of Chocó in the Western part of Colombia between the mountainous area of Baudó and the Pacific Ocean. Nuquí has a great ethnic and cultural diversity as well as a big variety of flora and fauna. Nuquí has 8.096 inhabitants, 3095 of which living in the municipal capital. The mayority of the population are Afro-Colombians, another part of the population is represented by members of indigenous tribes. Nuquí was founded as a municipality in 1915, before it was a sub-division of the municipality Valle, Chocó. [1]

Villages of the municipality of Nuquí

  • Arusí (Touristic)
  • Coquí (Touristic)
  • Joví (Touristic)
  • Jurubirá
  • Panguí
  • Termales (Touristic)
  • Tribugá

Economy

  • Fishing
  • Small-scale livestock farming and agriculture (banana, rice, cacao, mais, coconut, yuca and other tubers).
  • Tourism: Ecotourism and community-based tourism

Touristic sites

  • Hot springs of Termales
  • Beaches of Coqui and Termales
  • Mangrove forests of Coquí for tours in canoes
  • River of Joví for river tours
  • Guachalito
  • Surfing zones: Playa Olímpica, Guachalito near Terquito beach

References

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