Acandí
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Acandí is a town in Colombia at the northern extremity of the department of Chocó in the northwest of Colombia, bordering Panama and the Caribbean Sea. It is from the department's capital, Quibdó. Its average temperature is . It was founded around 1887, and it became a municipality in 1905, previously being part of Turbo. The name "Acandí" is a corruption of the indigenous word "Acanti", which means "River of Stone".
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Acandí
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vista aerea de Acandi.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Acandí, Chocó.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Acandí.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Chocó - Acandí.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 220px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Acandí in the Chocó Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 250
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chocó Department
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 869
- Settlement.population_as_of
- Census 2018
- Settlement.population_total
- 14.159
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 16.29
- Settlement.population_urban
- 46%
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 1551
- Elevation
- 0
- Official website
- www.acandi-choco.gov.co/index.shtml
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- Acandí
- inception
- 1887-01-01
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Acandí is a town in Colombia at the northern extremity of the department of Chocó in the northwest of Colombia, bordering Panama and the Caribbean Sea. It is from the department's capital, Quibdó. Its average temperature is . It was founded around 1887, and it became a municipality in 1905, previously being part of Turbo. The name "Acandí" is a corruption of the indigenous word "Acanti", which means "River of Stone".
It is one of the constituent territories of the region of Darién, together with the towns of Unguía, Juradó and the municipality of Riosucio west of the Atrato River. About 87% of the population are Afro-Colombians, Blacks and Mulato, and the poverty index was estimated at 51 in 2018.
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