Istmina
Sign in to saveIstmina is a small city and municipality in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The city of Istmina was founded in 1834 by Juan Nepomuceno Mosquera, initially with the name of San Pablo. The name was changed in 1903 to Istmina, a contraction of isthmus and minas (mines), two characteristics of the area. The municipality covers , with an average elevation of , and an average temperature of . Istmina is located from the departmental capital, Quibdó.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Istmina
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Istmina (Chocó).svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo de Istmina.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Chocó - Istmina.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and city of Istmina in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Choco Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Arbey Pino
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- March 8, 1834
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1880
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 3.05
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Chocó Department
- Population
- 25981
- Elevation
- 78
- Body of water
- San Juan River
- Official website
- www.istmina-choco.gov.co/index.shtml
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- Istmina
- inception
- 1836-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- References
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Istmina is a small city and municipality in the Chocó Department, Colombia. The city of Istmina was founded in 1834 by Juan Nepomuceno Mosquera, initially with the name of San Pablo. The name was changed in 1903 to Istmina, a contraction of isthmus and minas (mines), two characteristics of the area. The municipality covers , with an average elevation of , and an average temperature of . Istmina is located from the departmental capital, Quibdó.
==Climate== Istmina has a very wet tropical rainforest climate (Af).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Istmina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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