Tumaco
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Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited mainly by Afro-descendants and some indigenous people.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- San Andrés de Tumaco
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and city
- Settlement.motto
- Tumaco For Everyone
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Tumaco.svg
- Settlement.image_seal
- Escudo_de_Tumaco_(Nariño).svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Colombia - Nariño - Tumaco.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the municipality (red) of Tumaco in the Nariño Department.
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- Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Colombia
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Nariño Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- Julio César Rivera
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1640
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 3612
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Colombia
- Country
- Colombia
- Located in
- Nariño Department
- Population
- 160034
- Area
- 3760
- Elevation
- 2
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Official website
- www.tumaco-narino.gov.co/index.shtml
- Image
- Tumaco from Air.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Tumaco
- Commons category
- Tumaco
- category for people born here
- Q8076088
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Tumaco
- inception
- 1640-11-30
Sources (6)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Climate
- Economy
- Transportation
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Tumaco is a port city and municipality in the Nariño Department, Colombia, by the Pacific Ocean. It is located on the southwestern corner of Colombia, near the border with Ecuador, and experiences a hot tropical climate. Tumaco is inhabited mainly by Afro-descendants and some indigenous people.
Tumaco is accessible by plane from Pasto, the capital city of Nariño Department, as well as from Cali and Bogotá. It can also be reached by land via highway from Pasto and San Lorenzo (Ecuador). Tumaco is known for being the hometown of many great Colombian soccer players, including Willington Ortiz.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tumaco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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