Nuquí
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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 cultural diversity as well as a big variety of flora and fauna. Nuquí has 8096 inhabitants, 3095 of which live in the municipal capital. The majority 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 municipa
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nuquí
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and town
- Settlement.image_caption
- Wet rainforest in Cocuy, Nuqui
- Settlement.image_flag
- File:Flag of Nuquí (Chocó).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Chocó - Nuquí.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality and town of Nuquí in the Chocó Department of Colombia.
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Colombia Chocó Department#Colombia
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Chocó Department
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2017
- Settlement.population_total
- 8800
- Settlement.timezone
- Colombia Standard Time
- Settlement.utc_offset
- -5
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 8958
- Elevation
- 45
- Official website
- www.nuqui-choco.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Atardecer típico.jpg
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- Commons category
- Nuquí
- inception
- 1917-00-00
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Article
6 sectionsContents
- Villages of the municipality of Nuquí
- Economy
- Tourism sites
- Climate
- References
- External links
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 cultural diversity as well as a big variety of flora and fauna. Nuquí has 8096 inhabitants, 3095 of which live in the municipal capital. The majority 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.
Nuquí is the original hometown of members of the acclaimed Latin hip hop and urbano group, ChocQuib Town; the band released a song titled “Nuquí (Te Quiero Para Mí)”, with the song’s music video being filmed exclusively in and around Nuquí and its picturesque beaches.
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