Necoclí
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Necoclí is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Located on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá, it is part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region. The population is predominantly Afro-Colombian.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Necoclí
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Necoclí parque renovado.jpg
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Necoclí (Antioquia).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Antioquia - Necoclí.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Necoclí in the Antioquia Department of Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Antioquia Department
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Subregion
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Urabá
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020 est.
- Settlement.population_total
- 70824
- Settlement.timezone
- Colombia Standard Time
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Antioquia
- Population
- 69090
- Elevation
- 0
- Body of water
- Gulf of Urabá
- Official website
- necocli-antioquia.gov.co/sitio.shtml
- Image
- Necoclí parque renovado.jpg
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- Commons category
- Necoclí
- inception
- 1509-01-01
- language of work or name
- Choco
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Encyclopedic overview
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- 2021 deluge of Haitian migrants
- Demographics
- Ethnography
- Climate
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- References
- Further reading
Necoclí is a town and municipality in Antioquia Department, Colombia. Located on the eastern shore of the Gulf of Urabá, it is part of the Urabá Antioquia sub-region. The population is predominantly Afro-Colombian.
It was founded as a Spanish city called San Sebastián de Buena Vista. One of Colombia's oldest towns, it was founded in 1509 by Pedro de Heredia, who died in 1555.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Necoclí” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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